“He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and stare; the impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the answer to the Question.”
― The Red Badge of Courage
― The Red Badge of Courage
“Looking at it, I started crying. Maybe it was knowing that I had to give up the fantasy, the enormous life consuming fantasy , that someone or something was going to do this for me – the fantasy that someone was coming to lead my life, to choose direction, to give me orgasms.”
― The Vagina Monologues
― The Vagina Monologues
“todas as terras que um súdito descobre, pertencem, de direito, à coroa.”
― Viagens de Gulliver
― Viagens de Gulliver
“I can smack a ball-bearing between your abusive fiancé’s eyes before his wingtips hit the sidewalk.”
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“I feel like a violet standing alone in a vast meadow. When a cool, gentle breeze blows, I feel peaceful. If the wind turns strong and hot from the south, I plot suicide.”
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
― Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass
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