Juli

“she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away”
― Saul Williams, She

“Oh, you're one of those,' the princess said.

'One of what?'

'One of those who needs to be told their worth over and over by others. Do you know who tells me my worth, Phaedra of Alonso?'

The princess pointed a hard finger at her own chest.

'Me. I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others I'd have lain down and died waiting.”
― Melina Marchetta , Quintana of Charyn

“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“A fool may scrawl on a slate and if no one has the wit to wipe it clean for a thousand years, the scrawl becomes the wisdom of ages.”
― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns