Åsa Svensson

“I would always be afraid: afraid of saying the wrong thing, of using an exaggerated tone, of dressing unsuitably, of revealing petty feelings, of not having interesting thoughts.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

“As far as I’m concerned, religion is public transportation I never use.”
― Kamel Daoud, The Meursault Investigation

“I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors.”
― Elena Ferrante

“The waste of intelligence. A community that finds it natural to suffocate with the care of home and children so many women’s intellectual energies is its own enemy and doesn’t realize it.” I waited in silence”
― Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay