“Figures. They let you in for free. Then you gotta pay for the rest of your life.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
“Emotions, in my experience, aren’t covered by single words. I don’t believe in “sadness,” “joy,” or “regret.” Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
“Is that how we lived, then? But we lived as usual. Everyone does, most of the time. Whatever is going on is as usual. Even this is as usual, now.
We lived, as usual, by ignoring. Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
We lived, as usual, by ignoring. Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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