Maria

“Inevitably, with memory comes pain.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“They’re taught to believe that their penises make them superior, and that women are just there for them to use as they see fit. Then they go out into the world, where everything centers around them and their dicks. And it’s women who have to make it work. At the end of the day, where is this pain that men feel coming from? In their opinion: us. It’s all our fault—whether they’re unpopular, broke, jobless. Whatever it is, they blame women for all of their failures, all their problems.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs

“Everything men do repulses me.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs

“I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone