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“Everyone thinks if you fix a male dog it will lower his aggression, but most of the biters are female. It’s basic instinct to protect their womb. You see it in all animals - the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”
― The Female of the Species
― The Female of the Species
“I kiss the guy who brought me to life on the day we’re going to die.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“This is women’s way of feeling time pass, that sinister clockwork inching round the roundness of the body; the slow gathering of endometrial cells, a nesting, a fluffing of pillows ready to receive guests, the ripeness of the womb, fleshy and welcoming, all neat and tidy and, yes, ready to receive guests, even one, just a casual visitor, anything. And then realisation that the arrival time has been and gone, and no one is coming; the tearing of the wallpaper, great swathes of it, and tears of disappointment, of ageing, of loneliness. The womb revolts and shudders. The painters are in.”
― Creep
― Creep
“But boys will be boys, our favorite phrase that excuses so many things, while the only thing we have for the opposite gender is women, said with disdain and punctuated with an eye roll.”
― The Female of the Species
― The Female of the Species
“There has to be more to life than just imagining a future for yourself. I can't just wish for the future; I have to take risks to create it.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
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