Medusa Rosie Hewlett Quotes

In general, I find that most monsters are made, not born. Perhaps you should remember that next time you encounter one.

I had hurled my anger and hatred at the world, spreading misery in a vain attempt to stifle my own. I should have expected it to be thrown back in my face, shouldn't I? After all, violence only ever breeds more violence.

It is human nature to weave our own thread into each story we tell, adding a little piece of ourselves into the narrative.

I cannot escape my past because it is a part of who I am today. That is something that has taken me a long time to accept.

I watch, outraged yet not entirely surprised, as the same tragedy echoes throughout generations, leaving an endless trail of broken victims and unscathed perpetrators.

One day, you will come to realise that people will always try and wriggle out of the uncomfortable truths, choosing instead to cushion their fragile egos with the lies they want to hear. Well, now I realise, it is our job to make them listen.

These days I am tired of running from the pieces of myself I cannot' escape. Like broken shards I have tried to brush under the rug, I always know they are still there and that ultimately I will never be fully complete without them. I cannot escape my past because it is a part of who I am today.

These days I am tired of running from the pieces of myself I cannot escape. Like broken shards I have tried to brush under the rug, I always know they are still there and that ultimately I will never be fully complete without them. I cannot escape my past because it is a part of who I am today.

But history is written by the winners. Or, more simply, history is written by men.

The question that bothers me most is why some memories are lost forever within its folds, whilst others stand out, everlasting?

man can sing endlessly of a woman’s beauty, but if she acknowledges it herself she is immediately the villain?

But power is a dangerous thing. Intoxicating and all-consuming. It is a type of poison that infects your whole being, rotting you from the inside out.

True strength only comes from suffering. And that is why I was so damn powerful.

Our fragile patriarchy could hardly accept a female monster who can kill men and think for herself. That would be far too scary, wouldn’t it?