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“you have sadness living in places sadness shouldn’t live”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

“Have you ever felt really close to someone? So close that you can't understand why you and the other person have two separate bodies, two separate skins? I think it was Sunday when that feeling began.”
― Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

“Don't let ignorance win', said Ms. Stevenson. 'Let love.”
― Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

“This is what it means to be a feminist. Not a humanist or an equalist or whatever. But a feminist. It's not a bad word. After today it might be my favorite word. Because really all it is is girls supporting each other and wanting to be treated like human beings in a world that's always finding ways to tell them they're not.”
― Jennifer Mathieu, Moxie

“When you can't beat the odds, change the game.”
― Leigh Bardugo

“You see it in all animals - the female of the species is more deadly than the male.'

'Except humans.”
― Mindy McGinnis, The Female of the Species

“But boys will be boys, our favorite phrase that excuses so many things, while the only thing we have for the opposite gender is women, said with disdain and punctuated with an eye roll.”
― Mindy McGinnis, The Female of the Species

“Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

“She wasn't looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword. ”
― Atticus Poetry

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“This. This is why I never said anything. Because no one ever believes the girl.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Girl Made of Stars