Deep Act

“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

“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

“Les rêves sont dangereux, Louise. Surtout quand ils dépendent de quelqu'un.”
― Victoria Mas, Le Bal des folles

“Libres ou enfermées, en fin de compte, les femmes étaient les premières concernées par des decisions qu’on prenait sans leur accord.”
― Victoria Mas, Le Bal des folles