Alice Mendes
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“There is really nothing more to say - except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.”
― Blankets
― Blankets
“A paciente não sentia prazer com suas conquistas, mas gozava — com grande sofrimento — de ser aquilo que achava que a mãe queria que ela fosse: uma mulher frustrada. Entre o prazer e o gozo, há essa dose de sofrimento que o paciente não reconhece como sendo autoimposto. (...) Qual a sua parte naquilo de que você se queixa? Qual o gozo que sustenta o seu sintoma? O que insiste em querer gozar/sofrer ali mesmo onde você se queixa?”
― Análise
― Análise
“I saw the world I had walked since my birth and I understood how fragile it was, that the reality was a thin layer of icing on a great dark birthday cake writhing with grubs and nightmares and hunger.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
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