Francesca

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― Annie Dillard, The Living

“Mas é importante para as tragédias que elas sejam descobertas imediatamente, porque cada segundo que elas passam ocultas vira um ano a mais de luto, isso é um capricho que as desgraças têm.”
― Mariana Salomão Carrara, Não fossem as sílabas do sábado

“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet