Tamara

“As if intellectual constraints were not sufficient, women had to be hobbled physically. One might almost think that, in imposing such restrictions men did not so much scorn women as fear them.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

“Truth be told, whether free or incarcerated, women were not safe anywhere. Since the dawn of time, they had been the victims of decisions that were taken without their consent.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

“We can never know whether we are right to confess a truth. The moment of unburdening, the surge of relief, can quickly turn to regret. Regret, that we have opened up, that we were swept away by the need to speak, that we have placed our trust in another. And in our regret, we vow never to do the same again.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball

“Often the truth is not better than a lie. In fact, our choice is never between truth and lies, but between the consequences that will follow each one.”
― Victoria Mas, The Mad Women's Ball