Williamina

“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

“Existe algo mais íntimo para exibir ao mundo do que as entranhas? Existe algo tão obsceno?”
― Marçal Aquino, Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios

“... E foi assim que no grande parque do colégio lentamente comecei a aprender a ser amada, suportando o sacrifício de não merecer, apenas para suavizar a dor de quem não ama. Não, esse foi somente um dos motivos. É que os outros fazem outras histórias. Em algumas foi de meu coração que outras garras cheias de duro amor arrancaram a flecha farpada, e sem nojo de meu grito.”
― Clarice Lispector

“I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.”
― José Saramago, Blindness