One of the Good Guys

Has anyone ever told you that they’re protecting you, or that they know you better than you know yourself, or that no one will ever love you like they do? Have you ever said those words? Consider what those sentiments mean. It’s all violence, when you think about it.

But you’ll always be a hero, just for doing what a million women do everywhere every day.

There doesn't seem to be an adequate answer beyond the fact that none of us is just one thing. Especially not women, who so often contain the burden of multitudes.

I hate the way we’re always encouraged to think of a chemical, rather than lifestyle, solution.

Seagulls were shrieking outside, and the wind had picked up again, rushing through the trees in the garden and rattling the windows, so it sounded like a million women screaming.

Fear is always biding its time, waiting for an opportunity to assure us of its dominance

Men like Cole believe they’re right because society has told them that they are their whole lives. And, as a result, they find it difficult to be told “no.

I’m a woman, which means I have to expect to be seen as an unlikable character.

But the truth is, men who want to protect women should never be trusted because we only feel the impulse to protect the things we think of as weaker than ourselves.