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Ángela

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Ángela’s Quotes

“La rebelión consiste en mirar una rosa
hasta pulverizarse los ojos.”
― Alejandra Pizarnik, Árbol de Diana

tags: inspirational, rebellion, resilience

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“Isn’t the most sensitive point of this mourning the fact that I must lose a language — the amorous language? No more ‘I love you’s.”
― Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

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“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

tags: control, domination, life, love, relationships

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“Language is a labyrinth of paths. You approach from one side and know your way about; you approach the same place from another side and no longer know your way about.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations

tags: language

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“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

tags: beauty, control, diet, fad, feminism, feminist, food, myth, obedience

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Club de escritores y lectores que escriben y leen libros en Español — 2432 members — last activity May 27, 2026 07:12AM
Este grupo une, promueve y es una voz para todos los escritores y lectores de Goodreads que leen libros escritos en español. La idea central del grup ...more

Geeks Magazine Book Club — 27 members — last activity Feb 01, 2016 08:58AM
¡Bienvenidos éste es el club de lectura de Geeks Magazine! Hablamos de ciencia ficción, fantasía, cómics y todo lo que nos obsesiona: adaptaciones, li ...more

Recomendaciones Varias de LIJ — 26 members — last activity May 25, 2018 07:46AM
Desde una biblioteca escolar cualquiera (que podría ser incluso la de la escuela de tu hijo/a) proponemos los siguientes títulos... y creamos este gru ...more