Ann Without An E

“She drove me home in silence. Back then, there was always silence. I couldn't speak up, I realize now, because protest requires hope.”
― Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

“When someone ignores you, it's an intentional display of power. They're essentially acting like you don't exist, and they do it because they can. They believe that nothing will happen to them. Ignoring silences people. It intentionally avoids resolution or compromise. It ignites your worst fears of unworthiness because it makes you feel that you deserve to be ignored. Inevitably, being ignored puts you in the position of having to choose between making a fuss or accepting the silent treatment. If you stand up to the ignorer and get in their face, you break the norms of polite behavior and end up feeling worse, diminished, demeaned.”
― Judith Heumann, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

“Granny Ethel insisted, claiming they needed a Western education if they wanted to avoid being swindled by unethical people who weaponized numbers and words.”
― Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

“The right way isn’t the only way.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing