Alexa

“She would always have that moment, and many others, locked inside her, a perfect little glitter globe to shake whenever she needed. It lived there, as if another new, tiny organ pumped into her blood the power of ultimate creator. I made you, and I destroy you as well. I am your entire world, and then, also, I am the person you leave behind. I will always be with you. You will never understand me.”
― Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch

“How many generations of women had delayed their greatness only to have time extinguish it completely? How many women had run out of time while the men didn’t know what to do with theirs? And what a mean trick to call such things holy or selfless. How evil to praise women for giving up each and every dream.”
― Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch

“For the time being, the entire earth and the boundless sky.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“Somehow, despite her politics and smarts, she had become a wife, and wives, as we all know, are invisible. The midnight elves of marriage.”
― Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies