WadeofEarth

“People don’t want other people to be people. They throw names over them and lock them in,”
― Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator

“If the windmill should prove too formidable," said he, from the threshold, "I may see what can be done with the wind.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

“So be wise, because the world needs more wisdom, and if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would. *And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes.* Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.”
― Neil Gaiman

“The idealized woman becomes property, symbol, and ornament; she is stripped of her essential human qualities. The devalued woman becomes a different kind of object; she is the spittoon in which men release their negative anti-woman feelings.”
― bell hooks, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism