The Wax Child Quotes

“It was early in my dream, I was but a child, I was new to the world, freshly broken from the whole to be a single part. Now I am new no more, I am decidedly worn out.”
― Olga Ravn, The Wax Child

“I love life, she says, it belongs to me.”
― Olga Ravn, The Wax Child

“Were I not a wax child, I think I could have been a wound. But preferably I would be a root vegetable in warm soil, a wild carrot or an onion without eyes.”
― Olga Ravn, The Wax Child

“They consulted their books of demonology, and there read: The woman is more easily tempted by Satan, for she is weaker than the man in both body and soul. And they read: The woman is a wicked and imperfect animal. When a woman weeps she weaves snares, and labours to deceive a man. And they read: When a woman thinks alone, she thinks evil. She is not capable of good thoughts. And they read: The woman is feebler than the man and more easily charmed by the Devil. And they read: The word woman is another expression for desires of the flesh. And they read: All witchcraft stems from fleshly desires, which in the woman are insatiable. And they read: At times the man may be deprived of his virile member. When the member is in no way stirred, this is a sign of frigidity of nature; but when it is stirred and becomes erect, but yet cannot perform, it is a sign of witchcraft. And they read: Women are more credulous, by nature's hand more ready to receive the influence of a disembodied spirit. They have slippery tongues and are unable to conceal from their fellow women those things which they know through their evil arts. Since they are weak they find a secret and easy manner of vindicating themselves by witchcraft. And they read: In this dusk of the world, when sin is flourishing on every side and in every place, when charity is growing cold, the evil of witches and their iniquities superabound. And they read: Where there are many women, there are many witches.”
― Olga Ravn, The Wax Child

“From the curvature of the Earth”
― Olga Ravn, The Wax Child