Marta

“I had gone back to being myself. But my self did not exist,”
― Christa Wolf, Cassandra

“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.

“Estoy cansada de no saber donde morirme. Esa es la mayor tristeza del emigrado.”
― María Teresa León, Memoria de la melancolía

“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