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Deito-me ao comprido na erva. E esqueço do quanto me ensinaram. O que me ensinaram nunca me deu mais calor nem mais frio, O que me disseram que havia nunca me alterou a forma de uma coisa. O que me aprenderam a ver nunca tocou nos meus
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“I said to myself that if it hadn’t killed the women, it was because a person can’t die of sorrow.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“Not looking after yourself is a form of violence.”
― Butter
― Butter
“There you go again with your stupidity! As if talking only served to make things happen. Talking is existing.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“The girl I was before this moment no longer exists. When we rise from this bed, it will be as one person, not two.”
― Ruthless Creatures
― Ruthless Creatures
“That is how things should be,’ she insisted.
‘Why?’
She was disconcerted. I saw she wasn’t thinking about my question, she was so shocked that I could have asked it. She’d inherited a tradition to which I did not belong: when an older woman asks a younger woman to reply, the younger one does so. She’d never questioned that, but I, who had grown up in the bunker, had no reason to comply. After a few moments:
‘What do you mean, “why”?’
‘Why should I answer? Why do you think it goes without saying?”
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‘Why?’
She was disconcerted. I saw she wasn’t thinking about my question, she was so shocked that I could have asked it. She’d inherited a tradition to which I did not belong: when an older woman asks a younger woman to reply, the younger one does so. She’d never questioned that, but I, who had grown up in the bunker, had no reason to comply. After a few moments:
‘What do you mean, “why”?’
‘Why should I answer? Why do you think it goes without saying?”
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Ângela’s 2025 Year in Books
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Book Club, Crime, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Manga, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Politics, Psychology, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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