Rebecca

“I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.”
― Kate Chopin

“In a perverse and fearful way, I like the looking; but I am not so crazy about this business of shaking with fear that the unfolding story inspires in me. I have some doubt about the intelligence and safety of staying behind to witness, but some piece of me believes that doubt is somehow the best part of being alive; I love the suspiciousness of doubt and all the angles for retelling stories that this doubt spawns.

This story deserves to be told; all stories do. Even the waves of the sea tell a story that deserves to be read. The stories that really need to be told are those that shake the very soul of you.

I prepare to be shaken.”
― Lee Maracle, Celia's Song

“Liberty, a room you paid for, good money, disrespect to everything, nothing about you – freedom...”
― J.G. Sime, Sister Woman

“In the safe harbor of each other's company they could afford to abandon the ways of other people and concentrate on their own perceptions of things.”
― Toni Morrison, Sula