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“If a person continues to see only giants, it means he is still looking at the world through the eyes of a child. I have a feeling that man's fear of woman comes from having first seen her as the mother creator of men. Certainly it is difficult to feel compassion for the one who gives birth to man.”
― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

“Will children yet to come harbor a longing for a thing they cannot even name? The legacy of the word is a fragile thing for all its power, but I know where you stand, Squire. I know that there are words spoken by men ages dead that will never leave your heart.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger

“Getting attached, to me they were like tattoos, everything and every detail present and intact, everyone I’d loved and liked was still with me.”
― Ia Genberg, The Details

“The words for "forgiveness" and "freedom" are the same in several languages; an obvious point perhaps, but in this moment I realized that "letting go" could be said in the same breath.”
― Ia Genberg, The Details