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"In the three chapters I read, All things that we have been told patriarchy does to a woman, to their bodies, mind and soul, in this story women are doing it to themselves. Superstition, finding worth in child bearing for sons only, raising sons as violent men. In all of this where is the agency of men? Or lack of it?" — 8 hours, 43 min ago
"In the three chapters I read, All things that we have been told patriarchy does to a woman, to their bodies, mind and soul, in this story women are doing it to themselves. Superstition, finding worth in child bearing for sons only, raising sons as violent men. In all of this where is the agency of men? Or lack of it?" — 8 hours, 43 min ago
“Love is a rebellious bird,
that nobody can tame,
and you call him quite in vain,
if it suits him not to come.”
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that nobody can tame,
and you call him quite in vain,
if it suits him not to come.”
―
“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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“Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“If you don't like the hand that fate's dealt you, fight for a new one.”
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