~She believed that most of what people believed was magic was actually just a way to wash out the accomplishments of women, make their hard work small.~

~I know this is weird, but sometimes when you are older, the worst place in the world might be your own brain.~

~If I die young, don't let anyone make a podcast about me.~

~"It's a sort of sculpture set up to attract aliens."
"How do people know what kind of art aliens like?"~

~He had been a good as a husband could be. Really, truly. But was it possible to ever love someone under duress? How could you ever be certain what you loved was having the most amount of freedom you could have as a woman?~

~The more I heard the more I understood that writing spells was like any other human skill: creativity plus research plus a willingness to make mistakes.~

~I prefer a heightened not-knowing. I don't like pretending life is manageable. I like all this because it tells the truth about being alive. People are always trying to make the universe smooth through repetitions and routines.~