Jo Fryer

“For so long, we woman have turned our anger inwards, redirecting it towards ourselves and allowing it to manifest as shame. We have told ourselves, instead, that we are sad or hormonal or stressed, but these have been placeholder emotions. And for so long we have been encouraged to do this by a misogynistic culture that realises female anger is dangerous not because it is the product of mental imbalance but because it is fuel. Female anger is power.”
― Elizabeth Day, How to Fail

“Her bare feet hardly make a sound as she leaves the little grove of trees and heads for the cauldron. The contents of her basket are cast into the shimmering, bubbling belly of the cauldron—each item in turn is lifted and honoured as she sings to it and, with a gentle throw, casts each one into the liquid. She smiles, she sings, the boy stirs, the cauldron bubbles.”
― Kristoffer Hughes, From the Cauldron Born: Exploring the Magic of Welsh Legend & Lore

“Kay Boyle said once that a good story is both an allegory and a slice of life.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

“If you treat yourself as high value, it turns out other people are more likely to do so as well.”
― Elizabeth Day