

“I did not come into existence when he harmed me. She found her voice! I had a voice, he stripped it, left me groping around blind for a bit, but I always had it. I just used it like I never had to use it before. I do not owe him my success, becoming, he did not create me. The only credit Brock can take is for assaulting me, and he could never even admit to that.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name

“Why, God, why had she listened to “Fergalicious” instead of the news?”
― Axiom's End
― Axiom's End

“My girl, some boats are for the river and some are for the ocean.”
― Firekeeper's Daughter
― Firekeeper's Daughter

“I’ve been left behind before, but I was always caught by surprise. I thought it would hurt less if I saw it coming. But now I realize that knowing doesn’t lessen the pain, it just gives it a head start.”
― Firekeeper’s Daughter
― Firekeeper’s Daughter
“You can say these women should never have committed crimes in the first place. The truth is many of them never went to trial; they accepted pleas. Their only mistake was brushing too close to the fringes of Oklahoma law, which succeeds in doing what it does best—throwing women in cages.”
― Guilty When Black
― Guilty When Black
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