Moune

“As a female, anger was never an appropriate emotion, and I was taught to feel guilt around that anger. Guilt was digestible, more feminine, easier to control and manage, after all.”
― Michelle Elman, Am I Ugly?

“Pourquoi devrais-je attendre que l’on s’intéresse à moi ?
Pourquoi devrais-je m’identifier à un modèle qui ne me
ressemble pas ?
Quand tu ne te vois pas, c’est comme si tu n’existais pas.”
― Diariatou Kebe, Maman noire et invisible: Grossesse, maternité et réflexion d'une maman noire dans un monde blanc (Témoignage et document)

“Death is just one long therapy session. You have gone over every second of your life and divided them into the misery you caused and the misery others caused you. You have been waiting for six years for this motherfucker to die, and you know that the day has finally arrived.”
― Maisy Card, These Ghosts are Family

“She had changed the course of my life in a way that was irrevocable, yet she was going off to England to forget this place. I could see how easy it was for them to slip into new lives, shed their skin and grow new ones like snakes”
― Maisy Card, These Ghosts Are Family