Rosana Carlos

“What's a savage?" Amelia said.
"Someone who doesn't live as you do? Someone who doesn't have gaslight ans hows and cobblestoned streets?"
Levi took a breath and tried again. "These are simple people who haven't been exposed to-"
"And why is simple something that needs to be fixed? Why must all people everywhere be cast in the same mold?" Amelia said.”
― Christina Henry, The Mermaid

“All she'd found was that women spent a great deal of time saying they were please when they were not, similing when they were not happy, and pretending their anger and frustation did not exist”
― Christina Henry, The Mermaid

“i will no longer compare my path to others - i refuse to do a disservice to my life”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“Men generally don't recognize the authority of women", Levi said very gently. "It's the way of the world, Amelia. I'm sorry it distress you."
"The world", Amelia said, "is wrong about so many things.”
― Christina Henry, The Mermaid