Ines Isidro

“What matters most to me, is that I know how I feel, and the rest of the world might catch up one day, even if it’ll be a quiet revolution over longer than my lifetime, if it happens at all”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

“é quase sempre assim, um homem rala-se, preocupa-se, teme o pior, julga que o mundo lhe vai pedir contas e prova real, e o mundo já lá vai adiante, a pensar noutros episódios.”
― José Saramago, The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis

“I’m also wary of walking home late at night on my own, I miss being respectfully called sir when I’m in a shop or restaurant, and I’m definitely taken less seriously when I open my mouth
You see, Megan, I learnt first hand how women are discriminated against, which is why I became a feminist after I’d transitioned, an intersectional feminist, because it’s not just about gender but race, sexuality, class and other intersections which we mostly unthinkingly live anyway”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

“Nunca perguntamos se haverá juízo na loucura, mas vamos dizendo que de louco todos temos um pouco.”
― José Saramago, Baltasar and Blimunda