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“It's men who trust they will suffer no consequences for their actions, while women suffer no matter what they do.”
― The Book of Essie
― The Book of Essie
“You're trying to play a game designed by men. You'll never win, because the deck is stacked and marked, and also you've been blindfolded and set on fire. You can work hard and believe in yourself and be the smartest person in the room and you'll still get beat by the boys who haven't two cents to rub together. So if you can't win the game, you have to cheat. You operate outside the walls they've built to fence you in. You rob them in the dark, while they're drunk on spirits you offered them. Poison their waters and drink only wine.”
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
“Sisters are reliably good for two things: hating and loving.”
― The Favorite Sister
― The Favorite Sister
“Why, though, does it take a mother, daughter, sister for men to take a woman at her word?”
― Blood Water Paint
― Blood Water Paint
“Because women don't have to be men's equals to be considered contenders; they have to be better. That's the lie of it all. You have to be better to prove yourself worthy of being equal.”
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
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