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“Is It Frightening To Be Free?"
"You said it."
"You Say To People 'Throw Off Your Chains' And They Make New Chains For Themselves?"
"Seems to be a major human activity, yes.”
― Feet of Clay
"You said it."
"You Say To People 'Throw Off Your Chains' And They Make New Chains For Themselves?"
"Seems to be a major human activity, yes.”
― Feet of Clay
“My country's where my comfort's best secured.”
― Plutus
― Plutus
“Lysistrata: [...] I will not allow either lover or husband -
Myrrhine: I will not allow either lover or husband -
Lysistrata: - to approach me in a state of erection. Go on!
Myrrhine: - to approach me in - a state of - erection [...]
Lysistrata: And I will live at home in unsullied chastity -
Myrrhine: And I will live at home in unsullied chastity -
Lysistrata: - wearing my saffron gown and my sexiest make-up
Myrrhine: - wearing my saffron gown and my sexiest make-up
Lysistrata: - to inflame my husband's ardour.
Myrrhine: - to inflame my husband's ardour.
Lysistrata: But I will never willingly yield myself to him.
Myrrhine: But I will never willingly yield myself to him.
Lysistrata: And should he rape me by force against my will -
Myrrhine: And should he rape me by force against my will -
Lysistrata: - I will submit passively and will not thrust back.
Myrrhine: - I will submit passively and will not thrust back.
Lysistrata: I will not raise my slippers towards the ceiling.
Myrrhine: I will not raise my slippers towards the ceiling.
Lysistrata: I will not adopt the lioness-on-a-cheesegrater position.
Myrrhine: I will not adopt the lioness-on-a-cheesegrater position.
Lysistrata: If I abide by this oath, may I drink from this [wine] cup.
Myrrhine: If I abide by this oath, may I drink from this [wine] cup.
Lysistrata: But if I break it, may the cup be filled with water.
Myrrhine: But if I break it, may the cup be filled with water.”
― Lysistrata
Myrrhine: I will not allow either lover or husband -
Lysistrata: - to approach me in a state of erection. Go on!
Myrrhine: - to approach me in - a state of - erection [...]
Lysistrata: And I will live at home in unsullied chastity -
Myrrhine: And I will live at home in unsullied chastity -
Lysistrata: - wearing my saffron gown and my sexiest make-up
Myrrhine: - wearing my saffron gown and my sexiest make-up
Lysistrata: - to inflame my husband's ardour.
Myrrhine: - to inflame my husband's ardour.
Lysistrata: But I will never willingly yield myself to him.
Myrrhine: But I will never willingly yield myself to him.
Lysistrata: And should he rape me by force against my will -
Myrrhine: And should he rape me by force against my will -
Lysistrata: - I will submit passively and will not thrust back.
Myrrhine: - I will submit passively and will not thrust back.
Lysistrata: I will not raise my slippers towards the ceiling.
Myrrhine: I will not raise my slippers towards the ceiling.
Lysistrata: I will not adopt the lioness-on-a-cheesegrater position.
Myrrhine: I will not adopt the lioness-on-a-cheesegrater position.
Lysistrata: If I abide by this oath, may I drink from this [wine] cup.
Myrrhine: If I abide by this oath, may I drink from this [wine] cup.
Lysistrata: But if I break it, may the cup be filled with water.
Myrrhine: But if I break it, may the cup be filled with water.”
― Lysistrata
“There are people who say that "when you reject one thing about me, I take it as a full rejection of me as a person".”
― My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
― My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
“Life is amazing. And then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it's ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That's just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it's breathtakingly beautiful.”
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