Bri

“Aromantic.
Asexual.
I came back to the words until they felt real in my mind, at least. Maybe they wouldn't be real in most people's minds. But I would make them real in mine. I could do whatever the fuck I wanted.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless

“How do you take the fight out of half the population and render them willing slaves? You tell them they're meant to do nothing but serve from the minute they're born. You tell them they're weak. You tell them they're prey. You tell them over and over, until it's the only truth they're capable of living.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“All you are is the music. Not just whatever piece of it you yourself are playing. Not just the rhythm, the beat, the drive. Not just your sticks against your own drum.
You're part of the whole thing. Your rhythm is part of the harmony, and that's part of the melody, and all of it together is what makes it music.
I don't know what that feeling is. Maybe it's joy. Maybe it's freedom. Maybe it's having space--space to create something with your body and your energy and your intention that doesn't exist for any reason other than being beautiful.”
― Edward Underhill

“Stories are like knives: weapons or tools, depending on who is wielding them.”
― Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Son of the Storm