XX Quotes

“We’re not dependent on men to drag a bloody deer into the cave any more. But they can’t make babies without us. They need us, and they hate being reminded of it.”
― Angela Chadwick, XX

“Left the estate in body, but not in spirit.’ He gives me a sad smile. ‘Churning out kids, that’s all the young girls here aspire to. Burgers and chips for dinner. Daytime TV. I thought you were different, Jules. I thought there was so much more you wanted.”
― Angela Chadwick, XX

“I join Rosie in staring at her tiny body and I will closed-off parts or myself to open. Each time I come here I wait for a rush of feeling. It never comes, but I can’t let go of the hope that one day it will.”
― Angela Chadwick, XX

“The perplexity of not knowing what to do, the way it rises up through my chest and combusts into panic – these are the emotions that mark my life now.”
― Angela Chadwick, XX