Johanna Hammarström

“Keep a fire burning; a fire is what saves you.”
― Rory Power, Burn Our Bodies Down

“There are black doctors and doctors and women novelists and novelists. Any less powerful group gets the adjective, while the powerful group takes the noun. The less powerful group usually knows the more powerful one much better than vice versa. People of color have to understand white people in order to survive; women have had to know men. Only the powerful group can afford to regard the less powerful one as a mystery.”
― Gloria Steinem, The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!

“i’m breathing aren’t i
that’s gotta be a sign that
the universe is on my side
if i’ve made it this far
i can make it all the way”
― Rupi Kaur, Home Body

“Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom