Ivy Shack

“Neutrality in the face of extremism only gives the extremists more space to breathe.”
― Mike Chen, Star Wars: Brotherhood

“Passion and purpose, locked together forever in a delicate balance.”
― Mike Chen, Star Wars: Brotherhood

“But the pleasure isn’t owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.” —Philip Roth, The Human Stain”
― John Green, John Green: The Complete Collection

“Reese spent a lifetime observing cis women conform their genders through male violence. Watch any movie on the Lifetime channel. Go to any schoolyard. Or just watch your local heterosexuals drinking in a bar. Hear women define themselves through pain, or rage against the assumption that they do, which still places pain front and center. Hear the strange sense of satisfaction when they talk about the men who have hurt them—the unspoken subtext of it being because I am a woman. The quiet dignity of saying ow anytime a man gets a little rough—asserting that you are a woman, and thus delicate and capable of sustaining harm.”
― Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby