Alexandra Jamieson > Alexandra's Quotes

“May we recover from how bad our parents fucked us up, and never find out how badly we’re fucking up our own children.”
― Kiersten White, Mister Magic

“promised himself that he would see it through, that he would not curl up into a tight ball and weep his way into 1969.”
― Casey Sherman, Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod

“Truth is like ugliness: you need to be close to see it.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“She almost wished that she were an invalid (was there a way of becoming one?) and could stay in her room for the rest of the day.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“if a man saw my gifts for what they truly were, he would only use them for his own ends.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“Perhaps one day, she said, there would be a safer time. When women could walk the earth, shining bright with power, and yet live.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“Rage, hot and bright in her chest. Not panic. Power.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“He had taken away her choice. Her future. For that, she would never forgive him.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”
― Adrienne Rich

“I’m a feminist because of you.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“be able to do pretty much whatever you like when you grow up to yourselves.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“You’re letting him be himself.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Do you enjoy being the most belligerent, uncooperative child in school?”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Justitiae soror fides. Latin again, of course. Faith is the sister of justice.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Isn’t it wonderful? I feel as though I were just being born! I’m not alone anymore! Do you realize what that means to me?”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Anndd wee mussttn’tt looose ourr sensses of hummorr,” Mrs Which said. “Thee onnlly wway ttoo ccope withh ssometthingg ddeadly sseriouss iss ttoo ttry ttoo trreatt itt a llittlle lligghtly.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Euripides. Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Vitam impendere vero. To stake one’s life for the truth.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Oh, please, Mrs Which, tell us what’s going to happen!” “Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“All your great artists. They’ve been lights for us to see by.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“You’re feeling cognitive dissonance, Jamie. Two contradictory-yet-entirely-valid-within-their-contexts thoughts about the same subject. And humans hate that shit. We hate it so much. The worst answer for us for anything is, ‘It depends.”
― John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

“the people who watch Godzilla movies and Jurassic Park movies are fundamentally better prepared for the reality of this place. Our brains already have a model for it so we don’t blow a fuse when we come over. Well, it works the other way, too. If we’re so used to a fictional version of something, it makes it easier to deny the existence of the real version.”
― John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

“There is a certain type of person who feels like they must be armed at every moment of the day or else the world will come for them in some way.”
― John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

“colored folks fighting for what’s theirs is like a virus to white folks—”
― Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

“Stories are dangerous, Stephens,”
― Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

“For the first time, she understood the liberation of having nothing left to lose.”
― Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

“Smart people of good conscience lived everywhere, if only you looked for them.”
― Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

“We was a mighty and beautiful word.”
― Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

“Friends protect each other. That’s the only meaning of friendship in a place like this.”
― Tananarive Due, The Reformatory