Erica

“It’s not enough to have meant to do good; if you don’t do good, most gods—those of the rivers, the sky, and the fields—don’t care for your motivations. Why should they?”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

“I'm the one who saw Truth and didn't look away.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

“But that is the nature of grammar—it is always tense, like an instrument, aching for release, longing to transform present into past into future, is into was into will.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, The River Has Roots

“I don't know about the moral arc of the universe, but our arcs sure as hell don't bend towards justice. Unless we change them. Unless we grab our narratives by the ear and drag them kicking and screaming towards better endings. Maybe the universe doesn't naturally bend toward justice either; maybe it's only the weight of hands and hearts pulling it true, inch by stubborn inch.”
― Alix E. Harrow, A Spindle Splintered