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The Radical Element (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #2) QUOTES

The Radical Element (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #2) QUOTES

1 " ...I had believed she believed it, and I believed that someday I might could, too, when I were grown enough, but now, kneeling on the hard floors of the boardinghouse with Eliza praying for all of us, I can't feel it. I feel propped up -- on Mam's faith, on Eliza's, on all the women in this room. But all I feel is hollowed out and empty, like someone's scraped their fingernails along the inside of my heart. "

― Jessica Spotswood , The Radical Element (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #2)

2 " But we are wolves, too. We are tearing up our own pack. "

― Jessica Spotswood , The Radical Element (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #2)

3 " And at the end of life, I don't know what's going to turn out to be the true thing, or which church will be the right one. But I don't think it really matters."
"Then what does?" I ask.
"Finding things that give you hope, and make you want to do good things for others. "

― Jessica Spotswood , The Radical Element (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #2)

4 " The beds of civilization shifted in favor of men. "

― Jessica Spotswood , The Radical Element (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #2)