Jenni Williams Quotes

Not born of love, or affection, but a simple terrible need not to feel alone, just for a little while.

Don't be afraid of who you are.

Just between you and me, I've never crawled up a monster's arse before. It's quite exciting.

Our armies, with their shining armour and singing swords are rust and dusty bones. We are like... an echo of something that came before.

The struggle for women's rights in Zimbabwe continues and needs to be heard by the men who are mismanaging this country.

In Africa, women are regarded as second class citizens and women like me who ‘don’t know their place’ are also a target.

Beginnings are very elusive things, almost as elusive as true endings.

A fire that burns in secret, a lethal conflagration that you can only discover when its too late to save anyone.

Because whoever it is, I’m sure I’ve already forgotten them. I can barely keep track of your brief human lives, you know here one moment gone the next. I should keep a list, so I can tick the names off as they depart.

Dark things are happening here, don't be getting me wrong. Young people lost, their poor families going out of their minds, and that evil thing lurking... It should have been dealt with a long time ago, but how could we have known?

I was empty, just a thing for gathering dust, and now I am full of something, and if that causes me to make poor decisions, then I will live with it. Or die with it. I don't care.

The power of love can conquer the love of power.

Any institution that claims to keep women locked up for their own good should be watched very close, in my opinion.

Life is suffering. Life is war, and sacrifice. Life is victory.

Words are always important,’ said Jolnir. ‘Even normal, non-magical words, in the right place, can change the world.