“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.”
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“It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?”
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
“Es ist weit verbreitet, Frauen als Menschen mit Geschlecht zu betrachten und Männer als Menschen: Chefinnen haben einen «weiblichen Führungsstil», Männer einen eigenen.”
― Untenrum frei
― Untenrum frei
“There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.”
― Babylon 5: The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Vol. 2
― Babylon 5: The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Vol. 2
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