Deadly Waters Quotes

“White straight men expect to feel safe in the world, whether they consciously think that way or not.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“Rebecca, I am young, female, Black, and Muslim; in what world do you think I am comfortable being virtually alone with a cop after dark?”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“You don’t get justice from guys like him. They join the Supreme Court or get elected president.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“It’s stronger, she thinks, when it can literally be anyone.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“To the girls who whisper and the girls who scream, and the ones made of rage who burn in between”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“It’s tempting to constantly give in to that fury, but the more you give in to it, the more you become a slave to it.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“The laundry list of people I could kill without mourning them is . . . long. That doesn’t mean I can go about killing all of them. That’s why Gemma calls it an itch. It’s an impulse, one that we can choose to satisfy or not. Bugbites itch, chicken pox itch, healing wounds itch. You still shouldn’t scratch them. Or as Gemma put it, “Just because a man’s balls itch doesn’t mean he should scratch them in public,”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“We spend so much time, she thinks, teaching girls how not to get raped, and then we attack them for it. If you drink, it’s your fault, but if you don’t drink, you’re a killjoy. If you show too much of your body, you’re asking for it, but if you cover up, you’re a prude, and you’re asking for it. You’re too loud; you’re not loud enough. You’re too paranoid; you’re not paranoid enough. It’s your fault. It’s your fault. It’s your fault. It’s impossible not to internalize that to some degree or another.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“Never change. I mean, please change, because you’re going to give yourself a heart attack. But never change.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“You don't get justice from guys like him. They join the Supreme Court or get elected president.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters

“Any system, any hierarchy, any authority is inherently flawed, corrupted by the insurmountable gap between ideal and reality.”
― Dot Hutchison, Deadly Waters