Taylor clapped for attention. โMiss New Mexico, letโs not get all down in the bummer basement where the creepy things live. There are people in heathen China who donโt even have airline trays. We have a lot to be grateful for.
Libba BrayCenturies of fighting, and for what? I say. "Today it ends. I can't live in fear any longer. I've cursed this power. I've both enjoyed and misused it. And I've hidden it away. Now I must try to wield it correctly, to marry it to a purpose and hope that is enough.
Libba BrayWhen the world moves forward too fast for some people, they try to pull us all back with their fear.
Libba BrayFelicity ignores us. She walks out to them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare in awe at her, the goddess. I don't know yet what power feels like. But this is surely what it looks like, and I think I'm beginning to understand why those ancient women had to hide in caves. Why our parents and suitors want us to behave properly and predictably. It's not that they want to protect us; it's that they fear us.
Libba Bray