Brigitte

“My old 'prentice flashed a crooked smile, spoke in his soft Ossian brogue. "Ye look like shite twice stepped in, ye crusty bastard." "I'm thirthy-three, you little prick.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Dawn

“When a woman is assaulted, one of the first questions people ask is, Did you say no? This question assumes that the answer was always yes, and that it is her job to revoke the agreement. To defuse the bomb she was given. But why are they allowed to touch us until we physically fight them off? Why is the door open until we have to slam it shut?”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“Al had ik er niets aan gedaan, ik voelde me onlosmakelijk deel van het wonder van dit perfecte wezentje - dit wezentje dat linea recta een plekje in mijn hart opende waarvan ik niet wist dat ik het had, en dat ik zomaar mocht vasthouden en zoenen in de wetenschap dat ik haar haar leven lang zou kennen tot het mijne voorbij was.”
― Lisette Schuitemaker, Gelukkig zonder kinderen: Mensen wereldwijd over hun keus en hun leven

“That's the beauty of learning a new language. It should feel like an enormous undertaking. It ought to intimidate you. It makes you appreciate the complexity of the ones you know already.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel