La mujer desnuda Quotes

“The night offered an unlimited opportunity to fulfill her desires. She was much freer than those sorry things in the sky— she was the night itself.”
― Armonía Somers, La mujer desnuda

“The trees had sprung up suddenly, thick, dark, and rustling; she felt the sum of their breath on her face.”
― Armonía Somers, La mujer desnuda

“El día en que Rebeca Linke cumplió los treinta años, ocurrió lo que ella había venido sufriendo por adelantado desde hacía mucho tiempo: nada.”
― Armonía Somers, La mujer desnuda

“Una sola libertad no puede subsistir sin odios, quizás porque la libertad es cosa demasiado maravillosa o demasiado terrible en sí misma.”
― Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman

“La palabra (...) es el pincel más formidable de las cosas”
― Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman

“—No lo sé exactamente —respondió ella—. Ven, toca, estoy desnuda. Tomé mi libertad y salí. He dejado los códigos atrás, las zarzas me arañaron por eso. El bosque me lanzó el aliento a la cara, la serpiente quiso volver a intentar la sucia historia de la fruta. Eran las mismas cosas de antes, de cuando yo les pertenecía”
― Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman

“People need the disbelief of others to keep their faith intact and safe from the moths . . .”
― Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman

“He had shattered into little pieces, each of which seemed to contain some aspect of his character. However, because they lacked the false support of the whole, none of the minister of God, the artist, the slave to his mother, or the man hungry for love were able to find purchase independently of one another.”
― Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman

“She has returned, that is all. Because she now knows that God wanted her to eat the fruit. The Naked Woman is passing through the village, seeking to appeal her judgment. And she mocks you and your poor feminine other halves, you who are so primly attired but incapable of eternal love. Oh, she is more than a woman, and she may well dazzle us with her game, but what is the point of trying to share the scent of this rose, the first flesh rose to walk the earth, with the likes of you?”
― Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman

“They’d die eating dirt if they had to, but first they’d breathe in, savor, and see everything that she, a woman without clothes walking in the sun, had brought from paradise.”
― Armonía Somers, The Naked Woman