"Why, though, does it take
a mother, daughter, sister
for men to take
a woman at her word?"

"So hush and listen. This is the story of Judith, who paces, half dressed, consumed with outreach. You'll feel this outrage too one day. Perhaps you already have. It won't be for the same reasons. But you will rage, and be told you are too small, too weak, too feebleminded to be of use. You are not. Judith is not."

"The world will tell you not to be outraged, love. They will tell you to sit quietly, be kind. Be a lady.
And when they do? Be Judith instead."