Jorden

“Laws written by men don’t protect females much.” Pearl sighed. It was the first time I thought about it, and I suddenly realized it was true, remembering Retta’s comment in the courtroom about the men and my best interest.”
― Kim Michele Richardson, The Book Woman's Daughter

“Nobody wants to be the villain, Justin. If you start there, it’s easier to get how people end up who they are and where they are.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Unhealed trauma is a crack. And all the little hard things that trickle into it that would have rolled off someone else, settle. Then when life gets cold, that crack gets bigger, longer, deeper. It makes new breaks.”
― Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer

“Listening to the birds, Coriolanus noticed the absence of jabberjays. The only explanation he could think of was that the mockingjays had begun to reproduce without them, either with one another or with the local mockingbirds. This elimination of the Capitol birds from the equation deeply disturbed him. Here they were, multiplying like rabbits, completely unchecked. Unauthorized. Co-opting Capitol technology. He didn’t like it one bit.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes