Marie Brennan said this quote

Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.

~ Marie Brennan

...A widow has freedoms a wife does not. But when I look at you, I do not see obstacles for my career, I see- My face burned even more. I see wings. A way to fly higher and further than I can on my own.

~ Marie Brennan

Their characteristics are well-known. They're beautiful -- when they're not astoundingly ugly. They're both goddesses for men to worship, and demons for them to flee. They adore children, sometimes to the point of unhealthy obsession. They have a strong association with nature, from which they're often assumed to draw magical power. Their anger is a terrible thing to behold, and all the more fearsome because anything can spark it; the rules by which these creatures operate are not those of rational men. They are creatures of fanciful whim, and they never, ever, can be understood.I'm talking, of course, about women.

~ Marie Brennan

... There may not be even two men living in the world whom I would have agreed to marry, certainly not on such short notice. But I do not need two; I only need one.

~ Marie Brennan