Kimberly

“Men were taught to have so much pride, to go out into the world and make something of themselves. This Depression was deeply humiliating. Since women were taught that they were worthless, they took poverty and hardship less personally.”
― Heather O'Neill, The Lonely Hearts Hotel

“That inability to discover whether you jumped or were pushed brings about a deadened gaze and a downfall all it's own.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

“It was the usual struggle between one who loves by accepting burdens and one who loves by refusing to be”
― Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

“Perhaps the most dangerous people in the world are the ones who believe in right and wrong but what they ascribe to as “right” and “wrong” is completely insane. They are bad with the conviction that they are good. That idea is the impetus behind evil.”
― Heather O'Neill, The Lonely Hearts Hotel