Maya

“Even when it came to herself, Margo could see it both ways: hometown girl makes good, defies capitalist patriarchy, or teen whore sells nudes while nursing, too lazy to work.”
― Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

“It was the word unfit that scared her, a mother who didn't fit. A mother who wasn't the right kind of mother like all the other mothers. A mother without a ring, who was too young, who let men look at her body for money.”
― Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
― Carl Sagan

“But when they talked about the opportunities she would be missing, she’d thought they meant a four-year college. She hadn’t understood they meant that every single person she met, every new friend, every love interest, every employer, every landlord, would judge her for having made what they all claimed was the “right” choice.”
― Rufi Thorpe, Margo's Got Money Troubles