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“All of this fantasy is an act of supreme optimism, or, if you’re feeling less charitable, arrogance.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“He had learned this: Nothing that lived”
― Gary Paulsen, The River

“And please reject the language of help. Chudi is not “helping” you by caring for his child. He is doing what he should. When we say fathers are “helping,” we are suggesting that child care is a mother’s territory, into which fathers valiantly venture. It is not.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele; or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

“We’re here to make magic with words.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel