Melanie

“Why was it that women could never work hard enough to quiet their nagging fear that they were not enough? That they were falling behind? That they could and should be better?”
― Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness

“Daring to go ahead is one thing, but realising you are on the wrong boat and need to get off requires even more bravery. Especially when all your family are on board, insisting that all is well.”
― Ovidia Yu, The Mushroom Tree Mystery

“Maybe there were people who lived those lives. Maybe this girl was one of them. But what about the rest of us? What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you weren’t chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom