Valeria

“You are the only one of us who belongs to this country.

No, this country belongs to me. I will be its sole owner and everything here will be mine.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“Y llorar. A escondidas. No llorar delante de ellos. Maldecirlos mientras lloro.”
― Zana Muhsen, Sold

“A therapist! I loved the idea. I wasn’t possessed. I was insane!”
― Sara Gran, Come Closer

“Was I the only one? Did the planet on which I was wandering have a thousand sister planets scattered across the starry sky and, at night, while I was waiting to fall asleep, and my gaze sometimes lit on some distant globe, was the same scene taking place there?”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men