Marta

“You love tenderly and warmly, but your love is like friendship. That's why you have good friends, you're sociable, sympathetic toward people. Until this dissatisfaction comes over you-you know what I'm talking about. Then you become moody, can even repulse people who are close to you, even people who love you, you know why. Those are bad times when everything goes cold, and they follow the times of great love...”
― Christa Wolf, The Quest for Christa T.

“Between killing and dying there's a third way: live”
― Christa Wolf, Kassandra

“Asi no se puede vivir
¿Vivir? Morir sí
Niña. Tu quieres acabar con todo.
Eso quiero. Porque no conozco otro medio para que los hombres acaben.”
― Christa Wolf, Cassandra

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence