“If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“But she continued to wonder what the fish tasted like, so brilliant and vivid pink. Would it taste pink?”
― Her Mother's Daughter
― Her Mother's Daughter
“But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord."
"It might to keep it open.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
"It might to keep it open.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“What is a man, anyway? Everything I see around me in popular culture tells me a man is he who screws and kills. But everything I see around me in life tells me a man is he who makes money.”
― The Women's Room
― The Women's Room
“Desire consumes you, it takes you over. You forget yourself completely. All you can think about is the other, the one you desire, your self is just a fire.”
― Her Mother's Daughter
― Her Mother's Daughter
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