Ithal > Ithal's Quotes

“I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I’m not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I’m right. I am just trying—trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

“You confuse what's important with what's impressive.”
― E.M. Forster, Maurice

“Because I say so little you think I don't feel. I care a lot.”
― E.M. Forster, Maurice

“Killing yourself slowly is still killing yourself. Wanting to die is not the same as wanting to come home. Recovery is hard work. Not wanting to die is hard work.”
― Blythe Baird, Give Me A God I Can Relate To

“Why a girl can't be our protector?

It's not that she can't be. it's just that no one wants her to be.”
― SIYA SEJAL, THORNS OF ESLANDA

“She hated prisons, whether it was in the dungeon or in the open air.”
― SIYA SEJAL, THORNS OF ESLANDA

“Hunger is worse, whether it's in the belly or in the heart.”
― SIYA SEJAL, THORNS OF ESLANDA

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young

“Nature gives reproductive rights at puberty.
The same oppressors that make it hard to raise kids by
limiting resources, make it hard to make personal choices.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine