Holly Bodger Quotes

Better to play fair for a life of hate than cheat for a life of love

My words are like Mummy: butterflies trapped inside a net.

...you see what you want
and you want what you see,
but if I have anything to say about it,
that will
never
be
me.

I want
a future.
a choice.
a place other than here.

You can only give away that which is yours to lose.

Power of a stallion, and the innocence of a foal...

this is neither a game of choice nor a life of choice. It's one of influence: Hers. And one of acceptance: Mine.

We open our desire for a bright future to your hearts

They've been promised a full stomach for their success, a noose for their failure...

Do not let anger over the past become the fuel that fire your future

Obedience is fickle that way. It's a virtue to its master but a vice to its slaves.

You can't make a zebra by painting stripes on a horse.

We're told to plug our noses
to escape the smells.
Manure.
Rot.
Poverty?
Reality.

I do need to remind you
there is no point in being fair
to others
if you've forgotten to be fair
to yourself.

We girls watch from our boxes like orchids in a greehouse. Sheltered from the past. Blinded to the future.

Instead of fixing things, of making changes, of making improvements, all they'e done has been to break them in reverse.