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“Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.”
― Coraline
― Coraline

“Why do those men hate us? They hate us because they need us, they fear us, they understand how much control it takes to keep us in line, to keep us good girls with our hymens intact until it’s time for them to fuck us into mothers who raise future generations of misogynists to forever fuel their patriarchy. They hate us because we are at once their temptation and their salvation from that patriarchy, which they must sooner or later realize hurts them, too. They hate us because they know that once we rid ourselves of the alliance of State and Street that works in tandem to control us, we
will demand a reckoning.”
― Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
will demand a reckoning.”
― Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
“I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.”
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“Not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and long-lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can be, to teach you to love yourself, to make you feel better for a little while, or to just be someone to walk with at night and spill your life to. Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they’ve given us.”
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“Art and order, the relatives that refuse to relate.”
― The Piano Teacher
― The Piano Teacher
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