Brittany

“I altered my whole being into shapes that fit voids in everyone else’s lives so they’d stay, so my life would look perfect, so I wouldn’t be alone again. But I never asked myself what shape I wanted to take.”
― Sara Raasch, Go Luck Yourself

“Atalanta once told me the world would make me the villain of this story, but she was wrong. The world tried to make me the victim, so I became its villain.”
― Rosie Hewlett, Medea

“So, what’s the moral of this little history lesson? This sort of thing happens all day, every day across the universe. It happens in Big Ways, and it happens in little ways, too. The strong stomp on the weak. The weak fight back, usually within the boundaries of the rat trap they find themselves confined. They almost always remain firmly stomped. But sometimes, the weak gather in secret. They make plans. They work outside the system to effect change.”
― Matt Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

“And I also know how they will tell this story. It is the same for any woman who defies their place in this world. Jason will be the hero, and you? They'll either make you his adoring, lovesick damsel or they'll make you the villian. Those are the only roles they feel comfortable with us occupying.”
― Rosie Hewlett, Medea