Jaden Brown’s Reviews > Lady Tan’s Circle of Women > Status Update

No mud, no lotus

It may not be decorous to say aloud, but we women — rich,poor,uneducated — are at the mercy of our bodies: the cycles of the blood, patterns of energy, the depth and complexity of our feelings.

For no reason that I can identify, the silent tears come.

Sometimes we only see what we want to see and what will serve our own purposes.

Whether animal or woman, we are a man’s best possession