Lorrayne

“She felt there was no difference between her and the sacrificial hen with a rag tied to its neck.”
― Lucy Michot, Chinongwa

“Comment dans la condition féminine peut s'accomplir un être humain ? Quelles voies lui sont ouvertes ? Lesquelles aboutissent à des impasses ? Comment retrouver l'indépendance au sein de la dépendance ? Quelles circonstances limites la liberté de la femme et peut-elles les dépasser ? Ce sont là les questions fondamentales que nous voudrions élucider. C'est dire que nous inteéressant aux chances de l'individu, nous ne définirons pas ces chances en termes de bonheur, mais en termes de liberté.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do you must hang on to it. You must not let yourself be waylaid and have it taken from you.”
― Alice Munro, Runaway: Stories

“The only dream come true I relish with a vengeance is whistling like a man. I was told a woman fit to be married should not whistle. I don't want to be married so the more they point at me, the louder I whistle. My load is still heavy on my head, but my heart is light, for I know, like the sun that I shall not fail to rise every morning. Be it cloudy, foggy or rainy, I shall not fail to rise. And I shall whistle as loud as I want. For me, it is the sound of freedom.”
― Lucy Michot, Chinongwa