Maggie

“Change is hard, and slow...Sometimes people one the defensive rebound into compassion. Sometimes smart, good people are just a little behind.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“think it has been left alone so long—that it has grown all into a lovely tangle. I think the roses have climbed and climbed and climbed until they hang from the branches and walls and creep over the ground—almost like a strange gray mist. Some of them have died but many—are alive and when the summer comes there will be curtains and fountains of roses. I think the ground is full of daffodils and snowdrops and lilies and iris working their way out of the dark. Now the spring has begun—perhaps—perhaps—” The soft drone of her voice was making him stiller and stiller and she saw it and went on. “Perhaps they are coming up through the grass—perhaps there are clusters of purple crocuses and gold ones—even now.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

“the false innocence
you render for them
by censoring truth
protects only you”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“We should teach our girls that snapping is ok, instead of waiting for someone else to break them.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout