Jenna

“Sexism justifies itself by commandeering our logic and, quietly, the limits of what is constrict our ideas of what should be. Misogyny comes to taste like air, feel like gravity: so common we barely notice it, so entrenched it’s hard to conceive of a world without it. So”
― Alexandra Brodsky, The Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future

“If there’s one thing these stories prove, it’s that heroism comes in all shapes, sizes and varieties – whether it’s Remus Lupin giving his life to save the wizarding world or Silvanus Kettleburn hurling Flobberworms at Death Eaters from his attic. After all, you don’t have to be a sword-wielding Gryffindor to be a hero; sometimes, all it takes is having your heart in the right place.”
― J.K. Rowling, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies

“It is you,” Ren murmured. His words unsettled her: Not for the first time, he seemed to know more about her than she did about herself.”
― Alan Dean Foster, The Force Awakens

“Elderly witches and wizards still use the saying ‘I’ll take Cadogan’s pony’ to mean, ‘I’ll salvage the best I can from a tricky situation’.”
― J.K. Rowling, Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide