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1 " «No.» A Nomi si spezzò il cuore. «Non è una scelta se non si ha la libertà di dire no. Un sì non ha valore quando è l'unica risposta concessa!» "
― Tracy Banghart , Grace and Fury (Grace and Fury, #1)
2 " For every woman who has been told to sit down and be quiet... And who stood up anyway. "
3 " It isn’t a choice when you don’t have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn’t mean the same thing when it’s the only answer you’re allowed. "
4 " Homesickness could be more painful than a bullet wound "
5 " My father used to say that opression isn't a finite state. It's a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off. Not without struggle, not without pain, but he believed the weight would always, always be fought and overcome. "
6 " Women think they're strong when they're fighting other women, but when a man fights them, they know the truth. "
7 " This book was home to her, more than the palazzo and it’s fine furnishings could ever be. "
8 " She joined the celebration, a wooden smile fixed to her face, but inside, she was a wasteland, everything burning to ash. "
9 " In Viridia, women were oppressed because men were afraid of them.Women had ruled this country. And history had denigrated them. Erased them. Nomi was certain this wasn't what Renzo had been taught. He would have told her. But the Superior knew. Whoever had given her this book knew.And now she did too. "
10 " oppression isn’t a finite state. It’s a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off. "
11 " Welcome to Mount Ruin, Dead Girl. "
12 " I don’t think this city is ugly. And I don’t believe in fairy tales. "
13 " Nomi flinched. "You caught his attention. You are a Grace. Congratulations."Nomi's tears spilled, burning her cheeks. "I didn't want this. This wasn't a prize, Serina. We should have a choice!""This was my choice," Serina blazed."No." Nomi's heart wrenched. "It isn't a choice when you don't have the freedom to say no. A yes doesn't mean the same thing when it's the only answer you're allowed! "
14 " The Saint didn’t look like he knew all the answers. He looked like he was still searching. "
15 " How was it that homesickness could be more painful than a bullet wound? "
16 " -Tienes que ser tan dura como esta cárcel, como la piedra y el océano que te encierran en ella. Estás hecha de ladrillo y alambrada. Estás hecha de hierro. "