Jelena

“- Знаеш, ли Филип, тя милата си няма нищо друго освен iPhone, пък аз имам теб.
Двамата се усмихнаха един на друг, а Филип се почувства някак готин. После Ванилия допълни:
- И освен, че имам теб, имам и себе си. А както знаеш, аз съм много по-интересно устройство от който и да е iPhone.”
― Катя Антонова, Четиринайсет Ванилии и половина

“people keep saying, that you need to speak out no matter the cost.” “No,” she says firmly. “That’s wrong. It’s a dangerous amount of pressure to put on someone dealing with trauma.” “Then why do they keep saying it? Because it’s not just this journalist. It’s every woman who comes forward. But if someone doesn’t want to come forward and tell the world every bad thing that’s happened to her, then she’s what? Weak? Selfish?” I throw up my hand, wave it away. “The whole thing is bullshit.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“Not that I’ve been raped. Not raped raped. Strane hurt me sometimes, but never like that. Though I could claim he raped me and I’m sure I’d be believed. I could participate in this movement of women upon women upon women lining the walls with every bad thing that’s ever happened to them, but I’m not going to lie to fit in. I’m not going to call myself a
victim. Women like Taylor find comfort in that label and that’s great for them, but I’m the one he called when he was on the brink. He said it himself—with me, it was different. He loved me, he loved me.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“- Не, Ванилия, моля те, не ми взимай спомена за теб! – изплака той.
- Но нали това искаше? Нали каза, че ако изведнъж изчезна, би предпочел никога да не си ме познавал, защото ще ти е много мъчно. – припомни му Ванилия.
-Да, но там където си държа мъчното е и радостното.”
― Катя Антонова, Четиринайсет Ванилии и половина