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“It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”
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“We notice the silence of men. We depend upon the silence of women.”
― Every Heart a Doorway
― Every Heart a Doorway
“Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Where do you think the money went?” he repeated.
“Guns?” asked Jesper.
“Ships?” queried Inej.
“Bombs?” suggested Wylan.
“Political bribes?” offered Nina. They all looked at Matthias. “This is where you tell us how awful we are,” she whispered.
He shrugged. “They all seem like practical choices.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“Guns?” asked Jesper.
“Ships?” queried Inej.
“Bombs?” suggested Wylan.
“Political bribes?” offered Nina. They all looked at Matthias. “This is where you tell us how awful we are,” she whispered.
He shrugged. “They all seem like practical choices.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“I know a few things to be true. I do not know where I am going, where I have come from is disappearing, I am unwelcome and my beauty is not beauty here. My body is burning with the shame of not belonging, my body is longing.”
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
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