Andrew

“We teach girls shame. Close your legs; cover yourself. We make them feel as though being born female, they're already guilty of something. And so, girls grow up to be women who silence themselves. They grow up to be women who cannot say what they truly think. And they grow up--and this is the worst thing we do to girls--they grow up to be women who have turned pretense into an art form.”
― Chimamamda Ngozi Adichie

“I chuckled at this passage from Dr. Tempe Brennan in "Bones Never Lie" by Kathy Reichs: "Back home, I ate Bojangles chicken with Bird and watched a rerun of 'Bones.' For some reason, the cat is nuts about Hodgins.”
― Kathy Reichs, Bones Never Lie

“Where will I sit?”

Sit? Why, on this comfortable chaise longue I’ve carried here for you in my pocket, Your Highness, so glad you asked.

I clamp my mouth shut, struggling not to say it aloud.”
― Amie Kaufman, These Broken Stars

“But stories are worlds. New worlds for us to visit. In stories, we live forever.”
― Joanne Harris, Doctor Who: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller