We Were Witches Quotes

“Maybe what shame needs to stay alive is the consent of the shamed.”
― Ariel Gore, We Were Witches

“If you don't like the fairy tales you've been handed, Ariel, you don't have to conform to them. You can reauthor them. You can write your story however you choose.”
― Ariel Gore, We Were Witches

“Shame can look a lot like rude.”
― Ariel Gore, We Were Witches

“Maybe I could rewrite the fairy tale of my life, transforming every blow to the head, and every cut to the cunt, and every crucified doll into some kind of an initiation.”
― Ariel Gore, We Were Witches

“I wanted to be the kind of writer who illuminated hidden injustice so starkly that it would simply cease to be perpetuated. If only people knew the government was retaking Native land! Everyone would be outraged! It hadn’t yet occurred to me that most people might feel fine about consciously exploiting other people.”
― Ariel Gore, We Were Witches

“Remember when we were witches.”
― Ariel Gore, We Were Witches