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No Ordinary Deaths: A People's History of Mortality

by Molly Conisbee

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Mariana’s Quotes

“She is a good woman, he thought. The type of woman whose goodness is oppressive.”
― Han Kang, The Vegetarian, The Vegetarian

tags: feminism, simplicity, women

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“Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

tags: feelings, smiles, tears

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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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“Same thing now; my freedom had to be paired with availability, or else it became a disorder.”
― Sophie Fontanel

tags: feminism, relationships

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“If you would have your son to walk honorably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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