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“The condition of women is therefore at the heart of the question of humanity itself, here, there, and everywhere.”
― Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle
― Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle
“It's easier to hide in your own darkness, than to emerge, naked and vulnerable, blinking in your own light.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“Besides, sometimes, to resolve desire, it's better to let the thing bloom. To feel this thing, to let it catch you unaware, to hold onto the ache. What is better than believing you are heading towards love?”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“You have always thought if you opened your mouth in open water you would drown, but if you didn't open your mouth you would suffocate. So here you are, drowning.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“What you're trying to say is that it's easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. Not better, but easier. However the longer you hold it in, the more likely you are to suffocate.
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
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