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Anne Carson
“Language is what eases the pain of living with other people, language is what makes the wounds come open again.”
Anne Carson, Plainwater: Essays and Poetry

Clarice Lispector
“Once in a while, groundless melancholy would darken my face, a dull and incomprehensible nostalgia for times never experienced would invade me.”
Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories

Clarice Lispector
“Love? I wanted to go with him, to be on the stronger side, for him to spare me, like one who seeks shelter in the arms of the enemy to stay far from his arrows. It was different than love, I was finding out: I wanted him as a thirsty person desires water, without feelings, without even wanting to be happy.”
Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories

bell hooks
“The idealized woman becomes property, symbol, and ornament; she is stripped of her essential human qualities. The devalued woman becomes a different kind of object; she is the spittoon in which men release their negative anti-woman feelings.”
bell hooks, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

Anaïs Nin
“There was the low-toned and simple voice of the human being Djuna saying: I want love. There was the voice of the artist in Djuna saying: I will create the marvelous. Why should such wishes conflict with each other, or annihilate each other?”
Anaïs Nin, Children of the Albatross

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