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“I don't see what women see in other women," I'd told Doctor Nolan in my interview that noon. "What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a man?"
Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness.”
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Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness.”
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“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I often thought that the simples fact, the mechanical fact, is no closer to the truth than a vague feeling, rumor, vision. Why repeat the facts - they cover up our feelings. The development of these feelings, the spilling of these feelings past the facts, is what fascinantes me. I try to find them, collect them, protect them.”
― Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
― Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
“Mergulhamos na dor e o susto nos devolve à vida. Porque nada pode ser tão espantoso quanto a vida. Exceto a literatura. Sim, claro, exceto a literatura, que é o único consolo.”
― The Black Book
― The Black Book
“A vida urbana é intrínseca e irremediavelmente ambivalente.”
― Confiança e Medo na Cidade
― Confiança e Medo na Cidade
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