“Danger rarely wore a monstrous face and a wielded a pitchfork. No, danger came most often in the form of people like Edward, the nice people whose niceness only went so deep, who saved their niceness for people exactly like them, who believed they were more deserving of power and respect than anyone who was a little bit different.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“A dog lives for you. A cat just lives with you.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“The only problem is that you’re never finished, you can never prove enough, the people laughing just move the boundaries.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“Men don’t age better than women, they’re just allowed to age.”
― The Starfish Sisters
― The Starfish Sisters
“Being a mother can be like drying out the foundations of a house or mending a roof: it takes time, sweat, and money, and once it’s done everything looks exactly the same as it did before. It’s not the sort of thing anyone gives you praise for. But spending an extra hour in the office is like hanging up a beautiful painting or a new lamp: everyone notices.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
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