TiredAF Human Condition

“Writers give readers courage – the courage to be utterly your complete and complex self.

(In reference to Audre Lorde)”
― Jackie Kay

“The principal horror of any system which defines the good in terms of profit rather than in terms of human need, or which defines human need to the exclusion of the psychic and emotional components of that need—the principal horror of such a system is that it robs our work of its erotic value, its erotic power and life appeal and fulfillment.”
― Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

“I did not give him a straight answer, because saying what you really want out loud brings bad luck, and then the good thing will never happen. It might not happen anyway, but just to make sure, you should be careful about saying what you want or even wanting anything, as you may be punished for it.”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace

“One must always keeps both sides in one's head; it's the only way to anticipate the moves of one's opponent”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace