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The Familiar Dark QUOTES

The Familiar Dark QUOTES

1 " Truth is, there's no good way to navigate being female in this world. If you speak out, say no, stand your ground, you're a bitch and a harpy, and whatever happens to you is your own fault. You had it coming. But if you smile, say yes, survive on politeness, you're weak and desperate. An easy mark. Prey in a world full of predators. There are no risk-free options for women, no choices that don't come back to smack us in the face. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

2 " Because that's the one thing women are never, ever allowed to be. We can be sad, distraught, confused, pleading, forgiving. But not furious. Fury is reserved for other people. The worst thing you can be is an angry woman, an angry mother "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

3 " Had lost my virginity at thirteen to one of my mom’s boyfriends. Not rape, exactly. More of a lazy kind of coercion—come on, baby, you know you want to, I’ll make it good—where "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

4 " The vow came too fast, too easily. The kind of promise it’s easy to make because you’ve already broken it before the words are even spoken. It was the first time he’d ever lied to me. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

5 " It had always been the apartment of a family who only escaped true poverty through sheer stubbornness and the generosity of others. Others "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

6 " As if not being able to have more kids she couldn’t afford and didn’t want to take care of was the great tragedy of her life. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

7 " Lo cierto es que no hay forma fácil de ser una mujer en este mundo. Si te expresas, si dices que no, si te mantienes firme, entonces eres una bruja y una arpía y todo lo que te pase es merecido. «Te lo has ganado a pulso». Pero si sonríes, dices que sí, sobrevives a base de buenos modales, eres débil y estás desesperada. Un blanco fácil. Una presa en un mundo de depredadores. No hay opciones seguras para las mujeres, no hay decisiones que no terminen volviéndosenos en contra. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

8 " The disaster I’d been anticipating from the second Junie was born. And I had never even seen it coming. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

9 " Truth is, there’s no good way to navigate being female in this world. If you speak out, say no, stand your ground, you’re a bitch and a harpy, and whatever happens to you is your own fault. You had it coming. But if you smile, say yes, survive on politeness, you’re weak and desperate. An easy mark. Prey in a world full of predators. There are no risk‑free options for women, no choices that don’t come back to smack us in the face. Junie hadn’t learned that yet. But she would have, eventually. We all do, one way or the other. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

10 " Junie dead, Junie killed, would always be the worst thing of all. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

11 " Truth is, there’s no good way to navigate being female in this world. If you speak out, say no, stand your ground, you’re a bitch and a harpy, and whatever happens to you is your own fault. You had it coming. But if you smile, say yes, survive on politeness, you’re weak and desperate. An easy mark. Prey in a world full of predators. There are no risk-free options for women, no choices that don’t come back to smack us in the face. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark

12 " You either fought back or you surrendered. And no daughter of hers was going to surrender. No daughter of hers was going to lie down and take it. Not if she had anything to say about it. "

― Amy Engel , The Familiar Dark