Blood Water Paint
Joy McCullough
Top 10 Best Quotes
“And listen to me love, when a woman risks her place, her very life to speak a truth the world despises? Believe her. Always.”
“Why, though, does it take a mother, daughter, sister for men to take a woman at her word?”
“Because she is not small. She is not weak. She will never, ever be feebleminded, And above all, she is outraged. The world will tell you not to be outraged, love. They will tell you to sit quietly, be kind. Be a lady. And when they do? Be Judith instead.”
“I wish men would decide if women are heavenly angels on high, or earthbound sculptures for their gardens. But either way, we're beauty for consumption.”
“Sometimes that’s all you need my love – another woman’s faith in you.”
“I take a length of cloth and hold it to my head - a wedding veil. I do not regret the days of make-believe, but for every time I played at bride I should have played at goddess, river, warrior queen”
“But that’s the thing about perspective; the slightest shift transforms the subject.”
“Others will tell you Daniel saved Susanna's life. But hear this: Susanna used her voice. She spoke her truth. She could not expect her words to change a single heart, but neither could she be silent. Her words saved her life.”
“Being in the right is not always the solace you might expect.”
“Because he is a monster. But he’s strong and powerful, and from most perspectives, he’s on the winning side. She has to ask herself – and women have asked themselves this question for centuries – would she rather be suffocated slowly for the rest of her life, or die quickly trying to accomplish something.”
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judith, right, voice, strength, male-gaze, men, words-have-power, right-and-wrong, patriarchy, truth, perspective, sisterhood, womanhood, woman, feminism, beauty, outrage
