“If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“Literature took the place in my life that had once been occupied by religion: it absorbed me entirely, and transfigured my life.”
― Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
― Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
“Tragedies are all right for a while: you are concerned, you are curious, you feel good. And then it gets repetitive, it doesn't advance, it grows dreadfully boring: it is so very boring, even for me.”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“The monologue is her form of revenge. FLAUBERT”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“I’m not going to be like my mother. You’re maniacs. You’re mad.
“Yes,” said Kate. “I know it. And so you won’t be. The best of luck to you. And what are you going to be instead?”
― The Summer Before the Dark
“Yes,” said Kate. “I know it. And so you won’t be. The best of luck to you. And what are you going to be instead?”
― The Summer Before the Dark
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