Regina

“They will tell us we can be better than queens of the wild great something. They already told us we couldn’t be fairy princesses or white knights or dragon slayers. They will tell us to grow up, be serious. They will tell us to fight for a spot at the table. But now, we don’t. We desecrate their tables. We dance on tables. We take really big swords and hack those tables into tiny little pieces.”
― Aminah Mae Safi, Not the Girls You're Looking For

“You’ve always been my independent one. You hold in so much. You aren’t who anyone decides you are. You aren’t how anyone treats you. You have to find peace in that. It’s not easy, but you do.”
― Aminah Mae Safi, Not the Girls You're Looking For

“The nice thing about life, and not the movies, is that there's no curtains, no The End. You can always write your own story. You can always start over and begin again. It doesn't have to make sense or go in a straight line. It happens. You make it happen.”
― Aminah Mae Safi, Tell Me How You Really Feel

“She thought that irritation is sometimes the most honest way of expressing love.”
― Aminah Mae Safi, Not the Girls You're Looking For