Emily

“We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

“Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison