b-reads-books: “““When I was nine,” she told him, “one day I’d had — let’s call it a bad day. Teacher telling us to be quiet. Yelling at me to be quiet. ‘Shut up, little girl, you’ve said enough.’ ‘Stop, little girl, don’t hit, use your words’ — and...

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“When I was nine,” she told him, “one day I’d had — let’s call it a bad day. Teacher telling us to be quiet. Yelling at me to be quiet. ‘Shut up, little girl, you’ve said enough.’ ‘Stop, little girl, don’t hit, use your words’ — and shut up at the same time. They squash you. They want you to be small and silent. Good was just another word for don’t fight back.”

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“When I was nine,” she told him, “one day I’d had — let’s call it a bad day. Teacher telling us to be quiet. Yelling at me to be quiet. ‘Shut up, little girl, you’ve said enough.’ ‘Stop, little girl, don’t hit, use your words’ — and shut up at the same time. They squash you. They want you to be small and silent. Good was just another word for don’t fight back.”

For anyone who has been taught that good equals small and silent, here is my heart with all its ugly tangles and splendid fury.

— E. Lockhart, Genuine Fraud dedication (via bookish)

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