“It is Sky who saves us. It will always be a woman who saves us, we know that now. The protections of men are only ever flimsy and self-serving.”
― The Water Cure
― The Water Cure
“Crying lays you low and vulnerable, racks your body. If water is the cure for what ails us, the water that comes from our own faces and hearts is the wrong sort. It has absorbed our pain and is dangerous to let loose.”
― The Water Cure
― The Water Cure
“Absorbing the guilt and the sorrow is something the world expects of women.”
― The Water Cure
― The Water Cure
“I invite the confessionals of men. I am not a stranger to them. Absorbing the guilt and the sorrow is something the world expects of women.”
― The Water Cure
― The Water Cure
“I know all about the power imbalance that exists every time you meet someone who's seen you at yourmost vulnerable, whether or not it was your choice in the first place. How you have to hope that they don't use it against you in some way.”
― The Comeback
― The Comeback
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