Keely

“No, I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“Or is anyone’s identity a matter of fragments held together by convenient or useful narrative, that in ordinary circumstances never reveals itself as a fiction? Or is it really a fiction?”
― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice

“Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.”
― Tamora Pierce

“Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
― Tamora Pierce, Lady Knight