“There once was a woman named Story Easton who couldn't decide if she should kill herself, or eat a double cheeseburger.”

“Aja gave Loor an up and down once-over. She then said, "Is Loor a man's name or a woman's name?"Ouch.Loor answered, "It is the name of a legendary hero on Zadaa. A woman."Really?" Aja said. "What did she do that was so heroic?"She killed her enemies and ate them.”

“Even with everything broken and decided inside her she couldn't quite allow herself to disappear for good.”

“Virginia Woolf killed herself. She was a lesbian—or maybe she was just a woman writer.”

“There are things that a woman sings, and only a woman knows the full meaning. You may sing for men as well as for women, but only a woman knows your full meaning. I am not a feminista. I only think a woman should be true to who she believes herself to be. Or who she wants herself to be. Or who she imagines herself to be. I don't know what I mean, or whether I'm true myself to any of that. I don't think there are many of us who are true to our possibilities. ”

“Would you rather have sight, or insight? I’d rather have a double cheeseburger.”