Saph

“Never appease. No one’s ever been respected for appeasing. The only thing you did was let them know there are no consequences to treating you like trash.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“Being forced to learn the language of your oppressors is an oppression of the mind. They rewrite your history when you're too young to know what you're giving away, and before you know it, it's too late to reclaim what you've lost,' she had said. 'Patois is your island's tongue, Elara. It's your heritage. It is the true expression of your heart. Don't give it away.”
― Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn

“Il semblait incapable de concevoir qu’une femme puisse trouver l’apparence efféminée de Sun plus attirante que la sienne. Ma pensa avec une pointe d’ironie que, même sur ce point, il était aveugle. Si on lui avait laissé le choix, elle aurait évidemment préféré se fiancer à ce garçon-fleur, avec ses joues lisses comme celles d’une fille. Mais bien sûr, on ne lui avait pas demandé son avis.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun

“Shame and humiliation are self-imposed emotions, and from here on out, I choose not to feel them.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow