💬 Quotes

"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations."

"Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. I’ve never spoken to you before, but I’d like to start now."

"I will think about religion... but I won't be like you, Mom, or like Dad. I'll be me."

"We must, we must, we must increase our bust."

"I don't think you're fair, God. If you're going to let me grow, you should let me grow like everyone else."

"You can't just pick the parts of a religion you like and leave the rest behind."

"When I get my period, I will be a woman. I will have entered the world of adult life."

"My survival is not my fault."

"I am not a weapon. I am a human being."

"You are a monster, Katsa. You are a beast who kills men for pleasure."

"I’m not a toy to be kept in a box, and I’m not a weapon to be pointed at enemies."

"The truth is often a terrible thing, but it is better than a beautiful lie."

"I have spent my whole life being afraid of my own hands. I have spent my whole life being afraid of myself."

"I spent my life folded between the pages of books. I lived in stories that had nothing to do with me."

"My pain is a symphony that only I can hear."

"I want to be the kind of person who can say 'I'm sorry' and mean it. I want to be the kind of person who can say 'I love you' and feel it."

"You are a weapon, and you are a child, and you are a ghost, and you are a queen."

"I am not a fragile thing, and I am not a broken thing. I am a storm, and I am a force, and I am a wildfire."

"Hope is a dangerous thing. It is a flickering light in the dark that can be blown out by the smallest breath of reality."

"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."