Xisca Xiscally

“In tombs of gold and lapis lazuli
Bodies of holy men and women exude
Miraculous oil, odour of violet.
But under heavy loads of trampled clay
Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood;
Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet
("Oil and Blood")”
― W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

“Why are men afraid of women?"
"If your strength is only the other's weakness, you live in fear," Ged said.
"Yes; but women seem to fear their own strength, to be afraid of themselves."
"Are they ever taught to trust themselves?" Ged asked, and as he spoke Therru came in on her work again. His eyes and Tenar's met.
"No," she said. "Trust is not what we're taught." She watched the child stack the wood in the box. "If power were trust," she said. "I like that word. If it weren't all these arrangements - one above the other - kings and masters and mages and owners - It all seems so unnecessary. Real power, real freedom, would lie in trust, not force."
"As children trust their parents," he said.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu

“Para mí, la violación posee ante todo esa particularidad: es algo obsesivo. Vuelvo a ello todo el tiempo. Desde hace veinte años, cada vez que creo haber acabado con ello, vuelvo. Para decir cosas diferentes y contradictorias. Novelas, historias cortas, canciones, películas. Imagino siempre que un día podré acabar con ello. Liquidar el evento, vaciarlo, agotarlo.

Imposible. Es fundacional. De lo que soy como escritora, como mujer que ya no es exactamente una. Es al mismo tiempo lo que me desfigura y lo que me constituye.”
― Virginie Despentes, Teoría King Kong

“The first thing I did was sit down and draw a map. I saw and named Earthsea and all its islands. I knew almost nothing about them, but I knew their names. In the name is the magic.

Introduction, The Books Of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Books of Earthsea