Jaimie

“Sorrow allows us a freedom that happiness does not.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

“But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in books, and so didn't waste their time with them. Whereas I, even now, persist in believing that these black marks on white paper bear the greatest significance, that if I keep writing I might be able to catch the rainbow of consciousness in a jar.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

“On the scale of relevance, public approval or disapproval of a woman's choices should not merit measure.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

“If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist