Aldous

“It’s awful being a child,” she said, simply, “at the mercy of other people.”
― Donna Tartt, The Little Friend

“Witch. The word drifted across his mind. We call such women so, because we have no other name.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“We have to die to get their pity said Victoire we have to die for them to find us noble. Our deaths are thus great acts of rebellion. A wretched lament that highlights their inhumanity. Our deaths become their battle cry. But I don’t want to die, Robin. I don’t want to die...I don’t want to be their tragic, lovely lack of figure. I want to live…and thrive and survive them.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate