Suzy C

“But the truth is this: the whole world is dangerous for young women like me. There was only one place the Captain trusted I would be safe, and that was the sea.”
― Emma V. R. Noyes, The Sunken City

“I know how much you've longed for your future to lean down and cup your face, to whisper 'don't worry, it gets better'. The truth is, it wont get better if you keep making the same mistakes. It can get better, but you must allow yourself to imagine a world in which you are better.”
― Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

“For seventeen years, I’ve done everything I can to downplay my own womanhood. I cut my curls to my ears. Dressed in dirty slacks. Took swigs of rum whenever Omar wasn’t looking. Hauled barrels until my arms bulged with muscle. It’s a game of camouflage. How quickly can I absorb a man’s lifestyle? How thoroughly can I blend in? How long does it take to make them forget my womanhood altogether?”
― Emma V. R. Noyes, The Sunken City

“To ruin me would take just one word: witch. A whisper from one man to another. A curse upon my name, to be passed about the ship like a bottle of rum. A rumor that would surely end with my dead body being tossed into the sea.”
― Emma V. R. Noyes, The Sunken City