Veronica

“Then Carol slipped her arm under her neck, and all the length of their bodies touched fitting as if something had prearranged it. Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh. She had a vision of a pale white flower, shimmering as if seen in darkness, or through water. Why did people talk of heaven, she wondered”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

“Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God