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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

Clarice Lispector
“How living hurt. Living was an open wound.”
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

Clarice Lispector
“Never suffer because you don't have an opinion on this or that topic. Never suffer because you are not something or because you are.”
Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

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