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i find myself crawling into spaces that feel safe, and shutting out the world. but then feeling guilty for thinking i can just turn it all off and push it away.
“In principle, all women should give themselves permission to demand good treatment, but the world made doing so profoundly difficult.”
― Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
― Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
“Nobody has to be fully satisfied by just one thing, and nor do they have to aim to be like everyone else. It's plenty if people can enjoy things a good amount, and be satisfied with their life overall.”
― Butter
― Butter
“I don't want to give myself up to other people for their consumption. I want to decide how I work and interact with other people based on what I think really matters.”
― Butter
― Butter
“Perhaps she was glass. But glass is only brittle until it breaks. Then it's sharp.”
― Vengeful
― Vengeful
“However beautiful she became, however well she did at work, even if she got married and had children, society didn't let women off that easily. The standards are getting higher, and assessments harsher. The only way to be free of it - however scary and anxiety-inducing it was, however much you kept on looking back to check whether or not people were laughing at you - was to learn to accept yourself.”
― Butter
― Butter
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