Chapter 12 Quotes

“I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a made thing, not something born”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“Juliette"
I inhale too quickly. A stifled cough is balloning in my throat.
His glassy green eyes glint in my direction.
"Are you not hungry?"
"No, thank you."
He licks his bottom lip into a smile.
"Don't confuse stupidity for bravery, love. I know you haven't eaten anything in days."
Something in my patioence snaps. "I'd rather die than eat your food and listen to you call me love," I tell him.
Adam drops his fork. Warner spares him a swift glance and when he looks at my way again his eyes have hardened. He holds my gaze fo a few infinitely long seconds before he pulls a gun out of his jacket pocket. He fires.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“Now kneel, fools, and witness my ascension to GODHOOD!”
– Last words of Dread Empress Sinistra IV, the Erroneous”
― ErraticErrata, So You Want to Be a Villain?

“the feeling of entering into his life, even just briefly, and seeing something about him that I had never seen before, and knowing him differently as a result”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“She must ensure that both children are positioned correctly and that the mother is supported throughout the process to avoid complications" pg. 140”
― Louise Bourgeois, Louise Bourgeois: Drawings and Observations