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“I have been loved,' she said, 'by something strange, and it has forgotten me.”
― Djuna Barnes, Nightwood

“Fear not! ' said a strange voice be­hind him. Frodo turned and saw Strider, and yet not Strider; for the weath­er­worn Ranger was no longer there. In the stern sat Aragorn son of Arathorn, proud and erect, guid­ing the boat with skil­ful strokes; his hood was cast back, and his dark hair was blow­ing in the wind, a light was in his eyes: a king re­turn­ing from exile to his own land.”
― Tolkien J.R.R.

“...her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

“Det anstår mig icke att göra mig mindre än jag är.”
― Edith Södergran, Septemberlyran