Begging for It Quotes

“We don't get all better; we don't fix everything that's broken. We just learn how to work around the broken bits. How to do the best we can with what we have, and who we are.”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It

“A piece of art that speaks to you can open windows in a room you hadn’t even known was dark.”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It

“We tell ourselves only weak people are victims. That the bad guys wear black and broadcast their evil intentions with every word and gesture, so nobody can fall prey to them except innocents and fools. We tell ourselves that because it gives us the comforting illusion of control.”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It

“Mines lie buried just beneath the surface of every sentence my mother says.”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It

“Rape is all about stealing our power to control our own bodies and fates. Strong women are raped every single day. Men too, as little as we admit it. My escape doesn’t prove I am better, smarter, or more virtuous than the ones who didn’t get away. It’s not a merit badge from God.”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It

“We are told, again and again, to look behind us and lock our doors and walk with confidence and do a thousand other things that may or may not reduce the chances of being raped. Society wants us scared, but refuses to change in the ways that would actually make us safe.”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It

“He punishes me and protects me; that’s the paradox of the man. That same paradox is now tearing both of us apart, from each other and within ourselves.”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It

“going to suggest a voluntary leave of absence. He can make”
― Lilah Pace, Begging for It