Kigaimo

“(...) combien de fois avait-il rêvé, entre ces lignes (...)”
― Huysmans Joris-Karl

“Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording—all this is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always supposedly in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yes, God, I want to talk to everybody as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night...”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“« Et à quoi cela mènerait-il ? Admettons que je le provoque. » Ici il se représenta vivement la nuit qu’il passerait après la provocation, le pistolet dirigé sur lui, et il frissonnait à l’idée que jamais il ne pourrait rien supporter de pareil. « Admettons que je le provoque, que j’apprenne à tirer, que je sois là devant lui, que je presse la détente, continua-t-il en fermant les yeux, que je l’aie tué ! » Et il secoua la tête pour chasser cette pensée absurde. « Quelle logique y aurait-il à tuer un homme pour
rétablir mes relations avec une femme coupable et son fils ? La question sera-t-elle résolue ? Et si, ce qui est beaucoup plus vraisemblable, le blessé ou le tué, c’est moi ? moi qui n’ai rien à me reprocher et qui deviendrais la victime ? Ne serait-ce pas plus illogique encore ? (...) »”
― Tolstoy, Anna Karanina

“I don't care any more about the handsome wealthy boys who come gingerly into the living room to take out the girl they thought would look nice in an evening cocktail dress ... I said I wanted to go out with them to meet new people. I ask you, what logic is there in that? What guy you would like, would see the depths in a girl outwardly like all the other physical american queenies? So why go places with guys you can't talk to? You'll never meet a soul that way - - - not the sort you want to meet. Better to stay in your garret reading than to go from one party to another. Face it, kid: unless you can be yourself, you won't stay with anyone for long. You've got to be able to talk. That's tough. But spend your nights learning, so you'll have something to say. Something the "attractive intelligent man" will want to listen to.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath