‘Mothers give their children their father’s name.’ ‘Why?’ ‘It’s just the done thing.’ I open my mouth to tell her that if I’m the one battling morning sickness, sore tits and heartburn, going through the trauma of labour and having to be
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“It was all about whom you knew, whom you blew, and whom you’d yet to screw.”
― A Certain Hunger
― A Certain Hunger
“How much sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a faithless friend.”
― A Certain Hunger
― A Certain Hunger
“We all lay claims to John Donne’s metaphysical, clock-ticking, carpe-diem action, but it’s habit’s reassuring arms we seek.”
― A Certain Hunger
― A Certain Hunger
“Men hurt women. It is a fact. It is an epidemic. It is a public health catastrophe. It is normal.”
― Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists, the Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
― Men Who Hate Women: From Incels to Pickup Artists, the Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All
“That’s the problem with your generation, Amelia. You all want happy endings.” I was so stunned I think my eye stopped twitching momentarily. “We don’t, actually,” I said. “We want endings that leave us with a sense of hope, possibly because the world we’re living in seems to be falling apart right now. People can’t find work to support their families in their own countries, but then when they try to immigrate to countries where they can, they’re either enslaved—like in Qalif—or stopped at the border and told they aren’t welcome, like in Genovia. And you’re inviting the people who are telling them that to dinner! What kind of message is that sending to the populace?”
― Royal Wedding
― Royal Wedding
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