Teri

“Small œwomen œhave to œbe nice. œNot œjust because œwe need œthe occasional œassistance in œreaching things, œbut œalso because œwe sense œthe inherent œdangers of œbeing easily œlifted—well, seized. But œnow. œNow, œI œwould do œanything to œbe visible. œTo œbe œlarge. Not œjust œtall—a giantess. œI œwant to œbe œseen. I œwant œto be œas imposing œas a œmountain.”
― Аּ͏mּ͏іtּ͏y Gּ͏aіּ͏gּ͏e, A Rּ͏eּ͏ad wіth Jּ͏eּ͏nna Рּ͏ick: The Нּ͏eּ͏artwּ͏oּ͏oּ͏d A Novel

“Homa had made me feel like the world could be ours. But she always wanted to change the world and improve it”
― Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

“I keep wondering, what have people got against Communists?” “I told you. ‘Anticommunism’ is not very much concerned with ‘communism.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

“Emilio Lomelí lived in Polanco. She’d seldom been in that part of town. It was a neighborhood that had been for a number of years now the favorite destination for upper-crust Jewish families, American and British diplomats, and a growing contingent of affluent Mexicans who wanted to enjoy the delicatessens, European-style bakeries, and coffee shops not far from Chapultepec Park. This was the kind of place where you could order corned beef and red wine to be delivered to your home, or stop at Frascati’s for paella. Women attended fashion-show luncheons and charity benefits. Everything was new in this area: there was no sign of moldy colonial palaces and old tezontle. Everything was beautiful. It was a pageant of prosperity, so far removed from the neighborhood where Maite had grown up that she might as well be a tourist on another planet.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Velvet Was the Night