Womb City Quotes

“He stares at me, smiling, unaware of the volcano erupting within me. These intimate sessions mutilate my sense of independence; in this murdered church of my body, every molecule is a screaming prisoner.”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

“I kept quiet and pretended to love this womanhood that was not mine to wear”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

“for it is only the materialism of this flesh and the laws of this world that muddy the true calibre of our souls.”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

“I wish I was a man. I have no interest in being a man or a woman—I’m not one. I don’t know what ‘me’ is supposed to be”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

“I wish they’d stop seeing me as a woman, and maybe then I’d be free to be what I want.”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

“To imagine I wasted time clinging to superficial ideals with a desperate want, because I was terrified of losing things, afraid of the outcome, afraid of upsetting my husband, my family or my associates. Afraid of being alone, a single unmarried woman
afraid of being a failed business owner, trusting the love of a man I'm having an affair with, and believing in myself. Afraid of taking the next step, because "What will people think?" as if it were death. Here I am having lost everything, having died, yet I am still alive, still burning with existence.”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City

“I am saying that you are criminals, all of you: the fathers, the uncles, the husbands, the pimps, the lawyers, the doctors, the journalists, and all men of all professions.” They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman.” “I am speaking the truth. And truth is savage and dangerous.”
― Tlotlo Tsamaase, Womb City