“The moment Eve bit into the apple, her eyes opened and she became free. She exposed the truth of what every woman knows: to find our sovereign voice often requires a betrayal.”

—  Terry Tempest Williams

Source: When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

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