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The Passion According to G.H.

by Clarice Lispector

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Mar 04, 2022 03:26PM

“You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.”
― John Berger, Ways of Seeing

tags: chauvinism, misogyny, projection, sexism

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“ESTRAGON
What am I to say?
VLADIMIR
Say, I am happy.
ESTRAGON
I am happy.
VLADIMIR
So am I.
ESTRAGON
So am I.
VLADIMIR
We are happy.
ESTRAGON
We are happy. (Silence.) What do we do now, now that we are happy?”
― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

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“It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.”
― Nina Simone, I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone

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“It's beauty that captures your attention; personality that captures your heart..”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: personality

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“Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?”
― Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

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