The quotes I'm posting are from a pile of books on my desk that I look through and find a quote that encompasses my feelings for the moment. There's a lot of Barker in the pile right now, but a lot of other random things.

"She knew too that she would not endure. That when her pleadings faltered, . . . she would loose such a scream that she would shatter. Her very sanity was at stake here: she had no choice but to fight back and quickly." The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker.

"To see this as roughly three times the cost of that mule is an unsettling reminder of the 'commodification' of human beings that lay at the heart of Roman slavery, for all the expectations of eventual freedom that a Roman slave might have." The Fires of Vesuvius, Pompeii Lost & Found by Mary Beard

Here it is. Federal abortion ban. All that 'states rights' shit was just to get this in.
No we will not be silent.
Call your representatives. Do not let them sneak this through. All women's lives depend on it.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

"Again, she tried to take a breath, but it was as if her body had died, and she was staring out of it, unable to breathe or blink or swallow." - The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker