Deep Act

“Truth to be told, whether free or incarcerated, women were not safe anywhere. Since the dawn of time, they had been the victims of decisions that were taken without their consent.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

“Dreams are dangerous things, Louise. Especially when they depend on someone else.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

“What had shocked her when she first entered was the general inaction of the men present. Louise was lying on the stage, her left arm flailing, crying and pleading for help, and not a single man had intervened, as though they had all been turned into statues by a woman's despair.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

“Somewhere between an asylum and a prison, the Salpêtrière took in those that Paris did not know how to cope with: invalids and women.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball