Emily

“When a woman is assaulted, one of the first questions people ask is, Did you say no? This question assumes that the answer was always yes, and that it is her job to revoke the agreement. To defuse the bomb she was given. But why are they allowed to touch us until we physically fight them off? Why is the door open until we have to slam it shut?”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“Good. Hodor is a man, not a mule to be beaten.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Perhaps that is the secret. It is not what we do, so much as why we do it.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

“They seemed angry that I’d made myself vulnerable, more than the fact that he’d acted on my vulnerability.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name