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“I asked him what his work was. He answered that he devoted all his time to his political activities... He was undoubtedly busy with the diplomatic relations between his testicles and women's breast.”
― Embroideries
― Embroideries
“A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“Was he smart enough? Introspective enough? Was it just enough to love him, or should I attach myself to someone who seemed farther ahead of me, someone smarter and more ambitious than me, who'd be sure to carry me along into the version of adulthood I thought I should be striving for?”
― Drinking: A Love Story
― Drinking: A Love Story
“You haven't loved yet," he said. "You've only been trying to love; beginning to love. Trust alone is not love, illusion is not love, desire alone is not love. All these were paths leading you out of yourself, it is true, and so you thought they led to another, but you never reached the other. You were only on the way.”
― A Spy in the House of Love
― A Spy in the House of Love
“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself:
"Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in place? Can my make-up be seen? Are they going to whip me?"
- No longer asks herself:
"Where is my freedom of thought? Where is my freedom of speech? My life, is it livable? What's going on in the political prisons?"
It's only natural! When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.
Showing your hair or putting on makeup logically became acts of rebellion.”
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
"Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in place? Can my make-up be seen? Are they going to whip me?"
- No longer asks herself:
"Where is my freedom of thought? Where is my freedom of speech? My life, is it livable? What's going on in the political prisons?"
It's only natural! When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.
Showing your hair or putting on makeup logically became acts of rebellion.”
― Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Dea ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dea ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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6 friends
639 books
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114 books
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