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“Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

“Soothing to the eye, the eyes, the Eyes, for that’s who this show is for.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

“You don’t believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.”
― George Orwell, 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four), Animal Farm, and over 40 Other Works by George Orwell

“I didn’t realize being good was a bad thing.” “It is if you forget who you are along the way.”
― Molly Maple, Vanilla Vengeance

“Maybe your dream wasn’t big enough. If someone else can control whether or not you get what you want, then you’re thinking too small.”
― Molly Maple, Vanilla Vengeance

“Be in the moment. Be with friends. Be myself, however strange that person might be.”
― Molly Maple, Vanilla Vengeance

“When was the last time you showed up for yourself?” The silence that hits the room is the same that echoes through my being.”
― Molly Maple, Vanilla Vengeance

“It’ll sting a little, but then you’re learn it. After you hit rock bottom, you’ll realize you are valuable, and you have to set your worth in order for the world to follow suit. If you let other people chip away at your worth, you’ll end up feeling like you’re worth nothing, which couldn’t be further from the truth.”
― Molly Maple, Marshmallow Murder

“The fear of the thing is worse than the thing itself.”
― Molly Maple, Double Fudge Felony

“Life is unfair, and sometimes it helps to irrationally blame someone for it.”
― Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

“There’s a soft part of your brain. A place where you’re still just a child. Once someone’s poked the soft spot, the dent doesn’t go away. Like sticking your fingers in wet concrete.”
― Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

“Things you thought were unforgettable slip away. You don’t get over loss like that. You just get better at dealing with it.”
― Aaron Dries, Dirty Heads

“when you keep on getting up and brushing your teeth and going to work and ignoring the whisper that comes to you at night and tells you it would be easier to be dead.”
― Raven Leilani, Luster

“I explain to him that nothing matters, and nothing lasts. Everyone forgets, and everything disappears. The things you do, the things you are; it’s all nothing. Would anyone miss you, if you went away? Would anyone look for you? Would anyone listen, or even care, if I hurt you? If I put my hands around your neck and crushed your windpipe and chopped you up, would anyone find you? And if it’s a no to any of these, did you even exist in the first place?”
― Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

“People didn’t care about truth; they only cared about how the lie appeared.”
― Samantha Kolesnik, Waif

“You’re making us look bad. Stop it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Did I think he was beautiful before? I take it all back. He’s an ugly bastard.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“Kindness shouldn’t have to be earned. It should be freely given.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint

“I’ve been bending over backwards for so long that I forgot I even had a spine.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glint