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“Everyone asks: “But why should a worthless woman like you need an intellectual, artistic life?” To this I can only reply: “I don’t know, but eternally suppressing it to serve a genius is a great misfortune.”
― The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy: A Chronicle of Marriage to Leo Tolstoy and Turbulent Turn-of-the-Century Russia
― The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy: A Chronicle of Marriage to Leo Tolstoy and Turbulent Turn-of-the-Century Russia
“The plane shook
and it scared her
not because she
was scared to fall
but because she cared
so little
if she did.”
― The Dark Between Stars
and it scared her
not because she
was scared to fall
but because she cared
so little
if she did.”
― The Dark Between Stars
“I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.”
― The Cruel Prince
― The Cruel Prince
“Death isn’t frightening when weighed against an insignificant existence.”
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
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