Rebeka Schwarz
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Abortion due to medical problems had been legal for ten years at that point, and checking the sex of the foetus and aborting females was common practice, as if ‘daughter’ was a medical problem.
“Because I believe there is nothing so self-destroying, and no emotion quite so despicable, as jealousy.”
― My Cousin Rachel
― My Cousin Rachel
“She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment.”
― My Cousin Rachel
― My Cousin Rachel
“It is strange how in moments of great crisis the mind whips back to childhood.”
― My Cousin Rachel
― My Cousin Rachel
“Open your eyes, Ambrosio, and be prudent. Hell is your lot; You are doomed to eternal perdition; Nought lies beyond your grave but a gulph of devouring flames.”
― The Monk
― The Monk
“I lined a fishing net with heavy-gauge plastic. Inside I placed what I thought was the right amount of nesting material for two such enormous birds. It approximated to three days’ fuel. This was no insignificant amount and I knew that I might be colder because I had given it away. But what is a few days of feeling cold compared to a new albatross in the World?..”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
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