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“My mom doesn't say anything. I don't say anything. Neither of us knows yet what you should say when rape victims blame themselves: 'It was not your fault.'

It was not your fault, even if you were drunk, even if you were wearing a low-cut minidress, even if you were out walking alone at night, even if you were on a date with the rapist and kind of liked him but didn't want to have sex with him.”
― Joanna Connors, I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“That's the problem. We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“Every configuration of people is an entirely new universe unto itself.”
― Kristin Cashore, Bitterblue