The Burning Quotes

“Jeez,’ another boy calls, ‘it was a compliment.’
‘Compliments are like jokes,’ Cat says drily. ‘If you have to explain what they are, they haven’t worked.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning

“We are the granddaughters of the witches you burned. And we’re not putting up with it any more.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning

“You can call me a prude, and you can call me a whore, but really you're just calling me a girl. I am a girl. But those other things are yours. They're in your minds, not mine. .. It's you who've made me a slut. All of you. I didn't have to do anything at all.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning

“It’s worth knowing that sometimes people see you as a symbol of something, instead of a person. And, when they do, it reflects on them, not on you.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning

“It’s worth knowing that sometimes people see you as a symbol of something, instead of a person. And, when they do, it reflects on them, not
on you.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning

“We are the granddaughters of the witches you could not burn. And we are not putting up with it anymore.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning

“It's worth knowing that sometimes people see you as a symbol of something, instead of a person. And, when they do, it reflects on them, not on you.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning

“It's worth knowing that sometimes people see you as a symbol of something instead of a person. And, when they do, it reflects on them, not you.”
― Laura Bates, The Burning