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irene is Currently Reading

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Hilma af Klint: Occult Painter and Abstract Pioneer

by Hilma af Klint

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

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Scrivere femminista. Per un altro canone in letteratura

by Azélie Fayolle

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irene’s Quotes

“For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.”
― Albert Camus

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“I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: age, empowerment, equality, experience, freedom, gender, independence, men, reason, self-determination, submission, superiority, women, women-s-rights

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“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter - in the eye.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: eyes, interpretation, mind, soul

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“Eppure, anche membra di cera devono cedere alla fine al calore delle mani che le muovono. Arriva una notte in cui, finalmente, mi arrendo alle sue.”
― Sarah Waters, Fingersmith

tags: desire, love

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“E feci un'altra riverenza strizzando l'occhio. Due cose curiose da fare assieme , e non vi consiglierei di provare: poiché temo che la strizzatina d'occhio abbia sbilanciato la riverenza, e sono certa che la riverenza abbia sciupato la strizzatina.”
― Sarah Waters, Fingersmith

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