“It's not new, our valuation of young female people for how they can serve, satisfy, and satiate. Our girls are both the platter and the meal, and we eat them up--we eat their meat, we lap up their sweetness, we… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“As long as there have been women," Mom told me, "there have been ways to punish them for being women.” — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“That's who unconditional love is for - dogs and their masters, fools and their gods.” — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“It's not new, our valuation of young female people for how they can serve, satisfy, and satiate. Our girls are both the platter and… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“I'll walk as fast as I want, and I will take breaks whenever I feel like it. There is no one to follow, no… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“I kind of felt like now that I had ahold of her, I'd better hang on tight.” — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that is where our choice lies -- in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“As long as there have been women," Mom told me, "there have been ways to punish them for being women.” — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“The thing about life, I thought as Star drank his mother's warm milk, is that you have to choose it. And then you have… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“I'm more than any of the parts of me—I am more than my good parts, and more than my bad ones. I am more… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“I think often there is no good way out of something. No nice, easy ending or neat resolution, no clear way to set things… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
“The way I see it," Bekah says, "you've got to do the things that make you feel good. Being active--doing things, making things better… — Elana K. Arnold Copy Share Image
