Yana Petrova

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

“Mere adequacy is never adequate.”
― John Lanchester, The Debt to Pleasure

“That these girls avoid use of physical violence in resolving conflict, does not mean that these conflicts are resolved in meaningful and enduring ways. Girls might smile, give in, give up - and then continue the conflict behind their opponents' backs. Girls might also smile, give in, make fatal compromises, because their need to belong (or not to be excluded) is more important to them than sticking to their principles.”
― Phyllis Chesler, Woman's Inhumanity to Woman