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“I know you're strong," said Lei, his eyes ruminative in the fire light, "but being strong doesn't mean you don't deserve to be protected and taken care of.”

Book:The Dragon Wakes with Thunder

Source: The Dragon Wakes with Thunder

“My hunger roused me. In the depths of the sea, I drew upon my greed, my insatiable ambition. I cried out to my shadow self, my truest self, and reached for her through her iron imprisonment. I understood now why I was called a perversion. It was unnatural for a woman to have this kind of ambition, and yet I existed. My existence was my birthright, and it would be my justification.”

Women Womens Empowerment Oppression Of Women

Book:The Night Ends with Fire

Source: The Night Ends with Fire

“Because it was depravity, for a woman to desire more than her lot in life. To aspire to more than safety, protection. To aspire to power.”

Women Womens Empowerment

Book:The Night Ends with Fire

Source: The Night Ends with Fire

“She swallowed hard. 'They would never let a woman hold on to power.”

Women Oppression Of Women

Book:The Night Ends with Fire

Source: The Night Ends with Fire

“This was going to be me. I would flee Father only to fall under another master. And even if I were to bear him a healthy son and earn my status in this household, even if Master Zhu were to pass away, that son would one day grow up to be a man, and then he too would command me.”

Men Women Oppression Of Women

Book:The Night Ends with Fire

Source: The Night Ends with Fire

“I needed to prove that I, as a woman, could be better than the rest of them. That I too could belong. That I too could be free.”

Fantasy Feminism Woman Retelling Mulan Meilin

Book:The Night Ends with Fire

Source: The Night Ends with Fire

“I understood now why I was called a perversion. It was unnatural for a woman to have this kind of ambition, and yet I existed. My existence was my birthright, and it would be my justification.”

Book:The Night Ends with Fire

Source: The Night Ends with Fire