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“One day they are ours, a part of our family, our lives, as vital and colourful as every field and flower, and then one day they are a shadow, flitting at the edge of our vision, inconstant and wavering like a silhouette reflected in a sun-dappled pond in the spring light. Like”
― G. Lawrence, The Bastard Princess

“He is trying to protect me, in the simple way men are always trying to protect women: by stealing away their freedom.”
― Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide

“The failings of women, children and servants, of the feeble, the destitute and the ignorant, are the fault of their husbands, fathers and masters, of the strong, the rich and the learned.”
― Victor Hugo, The Wretched

“The inordinate weight of this man was disturbing the balance of human destiny. This individual alone counted for more than the rest of the world put together. These excessive quantities of human vitality concentrated in a single person – the world going to one man’s head – would be fatal to civilization if it were to continue.”
― Victor Hugo, The Wretched

“When the earth is glutted, mysterious groanings that emerge from the shadows are heard in the unfathomable abyss.”
― Victor Hugo, The Wretched

“And even to those who deny supernatural incarnations, what does the crucifix represent? The killing of a man of wisdom.”
― Victor Hugo, The Wretched

“But the very progress of the human race may be halted because of a desire to sit down too soon. This has often been the failing of the bourgeoisie.”
― Victor Hugo, The Wretched

“Die a maid or marry to be poor if you want a quiet life. If you want a slice of the cake you must pay for it with your name. And what is a name good for after all? It neither puts bread in your mouth nor clothes on your back.”
― Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H

“It is pretty to observe how many a man willingly gives a woman money only to despise her for taking it.”
― Sarah Burton, The Strange Adventures of H

“My mother does not need your good opinion,” Anthony says icily. “None of us care what you think.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Lady of the Rivers

“runaways from Moscow with smiles as cracked as their hands.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“And if you are gunned down because you want to fight a war that doesn’t belong to you, I will never forgive this city. I will tear it to pieces, and you will be to blame!”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“For it is a deep and human truth that most souls upon the earth are not at ease unless they find themselves safe in the hands of a force far greater than themselves.”
― Lauren Groff, Matrix

“I didn’t know someone else’s pain could have a texture, a bite, a gelatinousness you could hold in your teeth, but I could almost gnaw on Phillip’s dying.”
― Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

“There was probably the same amount of ink on those pages as blood and tears in my body.”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

“I couldn’t ignore the flaring of Perla’s eyes, that female rage we are told to bury when it burns too bright or becomes distracting. Tears filled her bottom lids and then spilled over.”
― V. Castro, Goddess of Filth