“To tell you the truth, I don't get how we can almost unanimously agree that murder is wrong, yet when it comes to rape some people still see shades of gray.”
―
Megan Goldin,
The Night Swim
“When school kids are shot by a random shooter, nobody asks whether the victims should have taken more precautions. Nobody suggests that maybe the victims should have skipped school that day. Nobody ever blames the victims. So why is it that when women are attacked, the onus is on them?” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Yes, I have been a victim of a sexual assault. Well, probably several really. Funny how we were conditioned to accept these situations as unpleasant instead of outrageous.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“When school kids are shot by a random shooter, nobody asks whether the victims should have taken more precautions. Nobody suggests that maybe the victims should have skipped school that day. Nobody ever blames the victims. So why is it that when women are attacked, the onus is on them? “If only she hadn’t walked home alone.” “If only she hadn’t cut through the park.” “If only she’d taken a cab.” When it comes to rape, it seems to me “if only” is used all the time. Never about the man. Nobody ever says “if only” he hadn’t raped her. It’s always about the woman. If only …” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“That’s the thing about mistakes. Not all of them can be fixed.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“What happens during a moment of intimacy is complicated and confusing. When we put it under a spotlight in a court of law, we discover that, a lot of the time, there is no black and white. Just shades of gray.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“If every woman who felt afraid called nine-one-one, the switchboard would melt. That is what women live with every day of our lives.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Pretend inferiority and encourage their arrogance.’ Sun Tzu, The Art of War.” ― Megan Goldin, The Escape Room
“I guess that’s the world we live in today. A world where accusations sway opinion. A world where evidence doesn’t matter.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“I'm actually in the middle of a barren field of long wild grass. That whoosh you hear is grass swaying in the wind. We forget how loud nature can be when there are no car engines to mask the magical sound of a windblown field.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Was it a poor decision for Kelly to walk home in dark? Teenagers routinely make poor decisions. Does that justify them being hurt, or assaulted, or raped? No it does not. A person should be able to walk home, even in the dark, even through an isolated field, and arrive home safely.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“I don’t get how we can almost unanimously agree that murder is wrong, yet when it comes to rape some people still see shades of gray.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Experts now know that when faced with extreme danger from which we can see no way out, humans freeze. Just like lizards freeze in the hope their camouflage will protect them from a predator. That’s why it’s now called the fight, flight, or freeze response.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“There’s no such thing as being an observer. Doing nothing is doing something. Being passive has consequences.” ― Megan Goldin, Stay Awake
“Now I embraced life. I cherished it and protected it as if it were the sputtering flame of a candle. I couldn't look back. Only forward. Or my life would be unendurable.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. —SUN TZU” ― Megan Goldin, The Escape Room
“Justice is expensive. You’ve got to have serious money if you want to put up a halfway decent defense.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Everyone has roles to play. Sometimes we don’t know it until it’s too late. You were given a choice, Liv. Every choice has a consequence.” ― Megan Goldin, Stay Awake
“They were like capitalist soldiers in their two-thousand-dollar suits, pressed razor-sharp. Impeccably groomed. You’d think they’d never been touched by perspiration, dirt, or excrement. But no one gets to make the kind of money those four did without tarnishing their soul. Their hands were soft, and clean, and free of calluses. But only because they never touched the blood they spilt.” ― Megan Goldin, The Escape Room
“When school kids are shot by a random shooter, nobody asks whether the victims should have taken more precautions. Nobody suggests that maybe the victims should have skipped school that day. Nobody ever blames the victims. So why is it that when women are attacked, the onus is on them?” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Yes, I have been a victim of a sexual assault. Well, probably several really. Funny how we were conditioned to accept these situations as unpleasant instead of outrageous.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“When school kids are shot by a random shooter, nobody asks whether the victims should have taken more precautions. Nobody suggests that maybe the victims should have skipped school that day. Nobody ever blames the victims. So why is it that when women are attacked, the onus is on them? “If only she hadn’t walked home alone.” “If only she hadn’t cut through the park.” “If only she’d taken a cab.” When it comes to rape, it seems to me “if only” is used all the time. Never about the man. Nobody ever says “if only” he hadn’t raped her. It’s always about the woman. If only …” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“That’s the thing about mistakes. Not all of them can be fixed.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“What happens during a moment of intimacy is complicated and confusing. When we put it under a spotlight in a court of law, we discover that, a lot of the time, there is no black and white. Just shades of gray.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“If every woman who felt afraid called nine-one-one, the switchboard would melt. That is what women live with every day of our lives.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Pretend inferiority and encourage their arrogance.’ Sun Tzu, The Art of War.” ― Megan Goldin, The Escape Room
“I guess that’s the world we live in today. A world where accusations sway opinion. A world where evidence doesn’t matter.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“I'm actually in the middle of a barren field of long wild grass. That whoosh you hear is grass swaying in the wind. We forget how loud nature can be when there are no car engines to mask the magical sound of a windblown field.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Was it a poor decision for Kelly to walk home in dark? Teenagers routinely make poor decisions. Does that justify them being hurt, or assaulted, or raped? No it does not. A person should be able to walk home, even in the dark, even through an isolated field, and arrive home safely.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“I don’t get how we can almost unanimously agree that murder is wrong, yet when it comes to rape some people still see shades of gray.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Experts now know that when faced with extreme danger from which we can see no way out, humans freeze. Just like lizards freeze in the hope their camouflage will protect them from a predator. That’s why it’s now called the fight, flight, or freeze response.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“There’s no such thing as being an observer. Doing nothing is doing something. Being passive has consequences.” ― Megan Goldin, Stay Awake
“Now I embraced life. I cherished it and protected it as if it were the sputtering flame of a candle. I couldn't look back. Only forward. Or my life would be unendurable.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. —SUN TZU” ― Megan Goldin, The Escape Room
“Justice is expensive. You’ve got to have serious money if you want to put up a halfway decent defense.” ― Megan Goldin, The Night Swim
“Everyone has roles to play. Sometimes we don’t know it until it’s too late. You were given a choice, Liv. Every choice has a consequence.” ― Megan Goldin, Stay Awake
“They were like capitalist soldiers in their two-thousand-dollar suits, pressed razor-sharp. Impeccably groomed. You’d think they’d never been touched by perspiration, dirt, or excrement. But no one gets to make the kind of money those four did without tarnishing their soul. Their hands were soft, and clean, and free of calluses. But only because they never touched the blood they spilt.” ― Megan Goldin, The Escape Room
