Because it is morning, it is morning, and there is so much to see.

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.

They don't know what they're in for at Spence, getting me, a ghost of a girl who'll nod and smile and take her tea but who isn't really here.

I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy

Why should we girls not have the same privileges as men? Why do we police ourselves so stringently- whittling each other down with cutting remarks or holding ourselves back from greatness with a harness woven of fear and shame and longing? If we do not deem ourselves worthy first, how shall we ever ask for more?

When the world moves forward too fast for some people, they try to pull us all back with their fear.

This is the world we live in, Gemma, for better or for worse. Make of it what you can," he says, and I pull him to me.