Belinda

“They have said to you that man rules over woman as Jesus rules over the Church. But I say unto you that woman rules over man as Mary guided her infant son, with kindness and with love.”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power

“He was gifted with the special capability of making many mistakes, mostly in the right direction.”
― Anne Charnock, A Calculated Life

“With all the horrors in the world, it was easy to forget there were wonders too.”
― J.Y. Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven

“Basically, she argues that the Secession was an example of a nation-state going extinct because it failed to adapt. America couldn’t cope with modernity, it died from the shock and was torn apart by more adaptive entities. Though I think she tends to skate around the edge of what America really died of.” “Which is what?” Yavuz shrugged. “Fear.”
― Richard K. Morgan, Thirteen