Emylee Gussler

“Once, there were men who loved to see punishment. They were elected officials, businessmen, community pillars, and every kind of man in between. They loved anything that would balkanize everyone they considered beneath them. If everyone was busy fighting for their rights, fighting each other, and the men stayed together, they would always get to be in charge of everything.”
― Megan Giddings, The Women Could Fly

“We brainstormed more as we walked. At one point, Linden paused and wrote into her notebook. She kept saying, “This is so ambitious,” in a way I knew meant her brain was whirring. Few things made me feel happier to be alive than having an idea, telling it to a friend I respected, and having them instantly take it seriously. The more things we said to each other, the bigger and more tangible the path became in my imagination. It would also be beautiful.”
― Megan Giddings, The Women Could Fly

“There have always been greedy people. It’s not unnatural to be greedy. If you spend enough time being afraid, thinking of only survival, it leads to hoarding. Cruel isolation can set in. The poison that makes people want to be kings, to do things and not consider the harm their actions bring, to value things and power over life, can saturate a person’s brain. Even in the past, people were always making a crucial choice: Is life the most valuable thing of all, or is the most valuable thing of all your personal pleasure?”
― Megan Giddings, The Women Could Fly

“I reminded myself that throughout history women had endured far worse things. I had the internet, a job, access to pizza, money, no kids; no one had tried to burn me at the stake yet;”
― Megan Giddings, The Women Could Fly