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“She found herself suddenly surrounded by a host of assumptions. It was assumed that she trembled for joy in his presence, languished in his absence, existed solely (but humbly) for the furtherance of his ambitions, and thought him the most remarkable man alive, as she herself was the most favoured of women, a belief in which everybody was fondly prepared to indulge her. Such was the unanimity of these assumptions that she was almost persuaded into believing them true.”
― Vita Sackville-West, All Passion Spent

“He was a foolish cynic who said that great love occurred only two or three times in a century. There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years from the small acorn of passion into a great rooted tree. Surviving all vicissitudes, and rich with its manifold branches, every leaf holding its own significance.”
― Vita Sackville-West, No Signposts in the Sea

“I’m scared of this. I’m scared of being happy. I’m scared of wanting things and not getting them.’ I hesitated. ‘Or getting them and then losing them. Or getting them, and having them, and it not being enough. I’m scared of what happens after the happy ending.’ I”
― Ewa Ramsey, The Morbids

“No sabía que a una mujer podían matarla por el solo hecho de ser mujer, pero había escuchado historias que, con el tiempo, fui hilvanando. Anécdotas que no habían terminado en la muerte de la mujer, pero que sí habían hecho de ella objeto de la misoginia, del abuso, del desprecio.”
― Selva Almada, Chicas muertas