Rachel

“No marriage is fair. It’s complementary. The idea of ‘fair’ is absurd at best, ableist at worst.” We both swivel our heads and look at her. “Ableist?” Freya asks. “Ableist,” Dr. Dietrich says. “Because saying a relationship has to be ‘fair’ implies only a certain balance and distribution of skills and aptitudes is valid. It upholds an arbitrary, damaging idea of ‘normal’ or ‘standard’ as requisite for fulfilling partnership. When in reality, all you need is two people who love what the other brings and share the work of love and life together.”
― Chloe Liese, Ever After Always

“He looked sad and happy at the same time. That's a popular adult look. Because adults are busy and have to do everything at once, even feel things.”
― Miriam Toews, Fight Night

“Ruling is like shaman's magic. You can only give when you have taken."
"Perhaps, it's about balancing who you take from.”
― Natasha Ngan, Girls of Paper and Fire

“There was this one philosophy class I been in at the university, where the professor was talking about force. He said people think force and power is the same thing, but really force is what you use when you don't got power.”
― Kawai Strong Washburn, Sharks in the Time of Saviors