Tia

“My little Hettie, now Her Ladyship. Don’t think I’ll ever get over it. She wants for nothing.’ Nothing at all, Anne said to herself. Nothing but passion or love or, as far as could be seen, even the merest affection. Was that not the very definition of poverty? She did not begrudge Hettie the life, but nor could she envy it. In Henrietta – now Lady Caterham – Anne could see naught but an insentient beauty in a luxurious grave.”
― Gill Hornby, Godmersham Park

“Loving, worshipping, and bowing down to folks who harmed you was written into the genes of all animal creatures. To be alive meant to lust after connection, and better to have one with the enemy than with no one at all. A baby's fingers and mouth grasp on instinct.”
― Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland

“He says, “The only place your brother is going, little girl, is into the mines. As soon as he turns fifteen. Same as every other boy in this house.”
― Anonymous

“Because nobody trying to shake ass to joint-pain jams and Roth IRA rhymes.”
― Danielle Allen, Curvy Girl Summer