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A tale is told that only women know. For when the men of the Golden Age passed down Their stories of victory and sacrifice, They did not think to ask the women theirs.
Gaea gave women many talents. We are strong—stronger than any monster.
soon you’ll be a woman, and with that comes tremendous blessings and burdens.”
“My mother didn’t believe in following practices just because others said they were acceptable. She taught us to think for ourselves.”
As Prometheus says, ‘I prepare, for one day my opportunity will come.’”
“Fate works in mysterious ways. By the hand of faith, we are guided to our destiny. The journey is the trial.”
Dawn was my favorite moment of the day. It was an invitation to seize any opportunities that the day might bring.
‘Fate leads those who listen and drags those who resist.’”
“Let’s hope your sense of direction is better than your intuition about women.”
the moon was ever-present in the heavens, dwarfed by the daylight yet never fully retreating
“Respect isn’t inherited,”
Prometheus says, ‘We are never defeated unless we give up.’
We know what it’s like to live in fear. It breeds contempt.”
We also need to teach girls who they are, and offer them new options for who they can become.”
“Do you always do that?” “Do what?” “Minimize your accomplishments? Remind people of your faults?”
All souls carry burdens. Let them go, and open yourself up to new beginnings.”
Emancipation means cutting ourselves loose of the bindings that tie us down. Elevation requires separation.”
“What of the rest of the women in the world? We cannot continue to harm ourselves in an effort to meet men’s expectations. We must stop shrinking ourselves to accommodate them.”
“I can rise despite them, despite what you and they would have me believe about myself. I used to think the world didn’t belong to women. We were spectators, disciples, slaves. But this world is ours.”
“Betrayal never breeds glory.”
“With the dawn comes new beginnings and new challenges.”
As Prometheus says, ‘Observation is the window to solution.’”
“At times, forgetting the past can be a mercy.”
I didn’t want to be my mother or my father or anything anyone told me I had to be. I just wanted to be me.
