Maria Rocio

“you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange y el señor Norrell

“Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it's all a male fantasy: that you're strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren't catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you're unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride

“Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be notorious.”
― Rumi