A. > A.'s Quotes

“Medusa prays upon this much-worshipped prismic effect: of ineluctable identity, yet plurality of self. Originally apotropaic, her image has come to symbolize everything from Nietzschean nihilism to feminist rage, and adorn objects from Archaic terracotta vases to the logo of the fashion house Versace, the section label neatly summarized. She has, perhaps, become the ultimate symbol of metamorphosis itself: a symbol able to metamorphose into whatever you want her to symbolize.”
― A. Natasha Joukovsky, The Portrait of a Mirror

“her identity had been so wrapped up in being the precocious child that she’d turned into an inept adult.”
― A. Natasha Joukovsky, The Portrait of a Mirror

“Of all the dangers in life, there is perhaps none more treacherous than getting precisely what you want. As it has been said, the mistakes we male and female mortals make when we have our own way persist in raising wonder at our fondness of it. For unbought dresses can never be stained. Uneaten food doesn’t make you fat, and unconsumed alcohol won’t give you a hangover. Only unwritten novels are perfect.”
― A. Natasha Joukovsky, The Portrait of a Mirror