Cassandra Mitchell

“I answer her with my silence, understanding the full power of it for the first time. Words are weapons. Weapons are powerful. So are unsaid words. So are unused weapons.”
― Emily Murdoch, If You Find Me

“And I flat out refuse
to have one of those lives
that I wouldn’t even want
to read about.”
― Sonya Sones, One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

“Rabbits need dignity and, above all, the will to accept their fate.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
― Rupi Kaur