Jenni Williams Quotes

There is, it seems to me, a certain type of man who is terrified of the idea of a woman wielding power, of any sort; the type of man who is willing to dress up his terror in any sort of trappings to legitimise it.

I’d burn the bloody tree down myself if u thought it would bring you back’ he said quietly. ‘Everything is so hopeless anyway, why shouldn’t we be happy for a bit? We could have don’t that, couldn’t we? I think so it would have been messy but… Instead my mind gives me this’ He gestured around at the dream desert, the dream sky. ‘A fucking dream of you. As if that would be enough.

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

It's always the same with family, Wydrin reflected. You spend your life consumed with guilt that you're letting them down somehow, and then when you meet up with them you can't wait to get away again.

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

I can suffer all that, I can suffer it and come through stronger, a weapon forged for your hand, but I cannot abide inefficiency.

To be suddenly alone when all you have ever known is connection. To be alone in the dark while you felt the distant pieces of yourself decay.

Show me a people who don't have a bloody history.

There was too much, but every moment they were inside she was aware of the terrible danger they were in, and she had the distinct sense that her luck was now the thinnest piece of fragile ice, and they were edging out further and further over and abyss.

All of us back together under the same roof - that’s a bloody good end to this mess if you ask me.

What you brought back, darling, was the truth. Which is rarely comfortable and never painless, but often, ultimately, worth knowing.

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

All people need, in my experience, is a little push in the right direction. Or a giant kick up the arse. I am always happy to provide either.

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

We formed WOZA as a movement to show a peaceful way women of all colours and class could restore dignity for the people of Zimbabwe.