Shruti Jagad

“For the record, I would like to state that never in the history of humankind has a woman been told to calm down and then calmed down. We don't like that”
― Chelsea Handler, Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!

“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a”
― Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars

“You know the worst thing about a man hitting you?” Margery said finally. “Ain’t the hurt. It’s that in that instant you realize the truth of what it is to be a woman. That it doesn’t matter how smart you are, how much better at arguing, how much better than them period. It’s when you realize they can always shut you up with a fist. Just like that.” She mulled over it for a Monet, then straightened up , and flashed Alice a tight smile. “Course, you know that only happens till you learn to hit back harder.”
― Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars