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“Somewhere between an asylum and a prison, the Salpêtrière took in those that Paris did not know how to cope with: invalids and women.”
― The Mad Women's Ball
― The Mad Women's Ball
“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.”
― The Mad Women's Ball
― The Mad Women's Ball
“Libres ou enfermées, en fin de compte, les femmes étaient les premières concernées par des decisions qu’on prenait sans leur accord.”
― Le Bal des folles
― Le Bal des folles
“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.”
― The Mad Women's Ball
― The Mad Women's Ball
“On ne sait jamais vraiment si l'on a bien fait de révéler sa vérité. Ce moment d'honnêteté, soulageant sur l'instant, se mue rapidement en regret. On s'en veut de s'être confié. De s'être laissé emporter par l'urgence de dire. D'avoir placé sa confiance en l'autre. Et ce regret nous fait promettre de ne plus recommencer.”
― Le Bal des folles
― Le Bal des folles
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