ShyMushroomFae

“Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.”
― Plato

“They were not pretty, these women. Pretty did not begin to describe them.
They were shrewd. Powerful. Wily. Proud. Dangerous.
They were strong.
There were brave.
They were beautiful.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

“I could solve all the Diophantine equations, extend Newton’s work on infinite series, complete Euler's analysis of prime numbers, and it wouldn’t matter.” She looked at Isabelle. “Ella is the beauty. You and I are the ugly stepsisters. And so the world reduces us, all three of us, to our lowest common denominator.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister

“There is nothing we can do about others’ hatred. We can only keep our own hearts clean.”
― Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, Homes: A Refugee Story