Iris Robinson

“These are universals, as is the fear women feel during times of political upheaval that occur in what could still be called the outside world of men--whether during the Taiping Rebellion so many years ago or today for women in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Sudan, or even right here in this country in the post-9/11 era. On the surface, we as American women are independent, free, and mobile, but at our cores we still long for love, friendship, happiness, tranquility, and to be heard.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“When you look at her what do you feel?... Joy, fear, frustration, longing, friendship, anger, need, despair, love, lust?"
"Yes."
"Yes, what?"
"All of it.”
― Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility

“I imagine she came out of the birth canal holding a cupcake and a spatula.”
― Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility

“I deemed the weather offensive, the way the air lay on me like a giant tongue, clammy, warm and gritty as embers.”
― Nic Pizzolatto, Galveston