“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“A lot of people lacked that gift: knowing when to fuck off.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
“Women may not be simply human beings but positioned as human givers when it comes to the dominant men who look to them for various kinds of moral support, admiration, attention, and so on.”
― Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
― Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
“To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
Rose’s 2025 Year in Books
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