Kacy

“She was one of those languid women made of dark honey, smooth and sweet and terribly sticky, who take control of a room with a syrupy gesture, a toss of the hair, a single whiplash of the eyes — and all the while remain as still as the centre of a hurricane, apparently unaware of the force of gravity by which they irresistibly attract to themselves the yearnings and the souls of both men and women.”
― Patrick Süskind

“It's very painful to start loving someone when holding on to the idea of hating them keeps you safe.”
― Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

“Dr Lieska reviewed the sequence of dissection over the year: front of the torso (chest, abdomen, internal organs); rear torso (spine, ribs); the limbs; saving the hands and head for last. Heads and hands are wrapped separately, since they are perceived as the most intimate parts of our bodies (not in the genital sense, but as symbols of personhood). Faces are obviously difficult, but so is unwrapping a woman's hands and finding the remnants of her fingernail polish.”
― Riva Lehrer, Golem Girl: A Memoir

“Here everything — books, manuscripts, ideas — is steeped in and marked by the anguish of those living alone, the problematic nature of human existence, and the strong desire to invest new meaning in this human life which has become meaningless.”
― Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf