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Le cinque donne

by Hallie Rubenhold (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, contemporary, crime, digital, european-history, serial-killers, true-crime

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Ele’s Quotes

“PHAEDRE: You're in pain. I adore you.”
― Sarah Kane, Phaedra's Love

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“You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that?

And I said,
Where do I put it down?”
― Anne Carson, Glass and God

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“HIPPOLYTUS: No one burns me, no one fucking touches me. So don’t try.”
― Sarah Kane, Phaedra's Love

tags: apathy, asocial, cold, loveless

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“The effect of this cannot be understood without being there. The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you. Desolation tries to colonize you.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

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“Vivere è come fare una lunga addizione, in cui basta aver sbagliato il totale dei primi due addendi per non uscirne più.”
― Cesare Pavese, Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950

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