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Svetlana Alexievich
“Wat had hij steeds te kijken? Waarnaar? Er is niks na de dood. Je gaat dood, klaar, je wordt begraven. Als je leeft, ook al ben je niet gelukkig, kun je door de frisse lucht lopen, in je tuintje. Als de geest verdwijnt, ben je weg, dan word je aarde. Geest is geest en de rest is aarde. Aarde, meer niet. De een sterft in de wieg, de ander haalt grijze haren. Gelukkige mensen willen niet dood. Niet als ze iemand hebben die van hen houdt. Dan willen ze er nog een jaartje bij. Maar waar zijn er gelukkige mensen?”
Svetlana Alexievich, Second-Hand Time

Michelle Anderson Picarella
“I prefer all of my skeletons out of the closet, to make more room for my shoes.”
Michelle Anderson Picarella

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

Zora Neale Hurston
“I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
Zora Neale Hurston, I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive

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