Susan

“Prickly?" I say. "I'm not prickly."
"Felicity Montague, you are a cactus.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy

“You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy

“...toward that suddenly brilliant town called Obscurity by a dazzling seashore called The Past.”
― Ray Bradbury, The October Country

“I had lost sight of the fact that I want to do work that matters. I want to understand the world, and how it moves and how the intricate strings of existence weave together into a tapestry, and I want to weave those tapestries with my own two hands. I am filled suddenly by that wanting, to know things, to understand the world, to feel myself in it. It floods me with a ferocious strength. This world is mine. This work is mine. If it is selfish to want, then selfishness shall be my weapon. I will fight for everything that cannot fight for itself. Block the wind and keep away the wolves and put supper on the table. I am suddenly swollen with more than wanting to be known—I want to know.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy