jadmo

“Because time is cruel to all, and crueler still to artists. Because visions weakens, and voices wither, and talent fades.... Because happiness is brief, and history is lasting, and in the end... everyone wants to be remembered”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“She thought, Two strong-minded women in a man’s world, if they do not quickly become allies, are destined to be incurable rivals.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

“How many times did I have to say it ? How old, how angry, how mutinous did I have to be before he realised I would always defy him, no matter the punishment; that with the last breath in my body, I would fight him and refuse to obey any word that came from his lying muderer's mouth.”
― Sophie Keetch, Morgan Is My Name

“There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was make me realize that there wasn't so big a difference between the man who brutalized Denise and half the men I passed every day on the street.”
― Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women