Михаела Минкова

“Once upon a time,” she said to him, to the world, to herself, “in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom . . . very much.”

And then she told him of the princess whose heart had burned with wildfire, of the mighty kingdom in the north, of its downfall and of the sacrifice of Lady Marion. It was a long story, and sometimes she grew quiet and cried—-and during those times he leaned over to wipe away her tears.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

“Доброто на песимиста е не само че предвижда най-лошите неща, но и че когато тия лоши неща не дойдат, той вкусва насладата на приятния сюрприз. Песимистът е единственият човек, който се радва, когато очакванията му бъдат излъгани.”
― Богомил Райнов, Господин Никой. Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време.

“... лягам и угасям лампата, понеже от опит знам, че на тъмно се мисли по-добре. Тъмното те изолира от всички дреболии, по които може да скача погледът ти и да те разсейва. Тъмното те оставя насаме с тебе самия, доколкото човек изобщо може да бъде насаме сред глутницата на виденията и на страховете.”
― Богомил Райнов, Господин Никой. Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време.