“It is all beginning to make sense; the gifts he gives like offerings, the golden temple of a Miami house. Oracles, orgies, lusty Greek and Roman gods, apples and pomegranates. Ceremonial robes as designed be Versace. The candles, the incense.” ReligionWealth Book:Sugar, Baby Source: Sugar, Baby
“There's some satisfaction in performing, reading the script, wearing the costume, after all. And on the other side of the satisfaction there is rage. The deep and exhausting rage of having fallen for a scam. Because when all is said and done, being beautiful only offers you a temporary haven. A pedestal to fall from.” WomenFeminismFemale RagePerformativity Book:Sugar, Baby Source: Sugar, Baby
“You're young and that counts for a lot,' she says. 'And you're pretty. It's like currency, like...a bunch of casino chips in the game of life. You can keep them locked up in the back of a drawer and waste your time with guys like that or you can use them.' 'I want to use them,' I say without thinking, like a reflex.” BeautyYouth Book:Sugar, Baby Source: Sugar, Baby
“They would enchant him with their music, their wordless beauty, and then they would dance him to death, carrying his body with them into another realm when the first sunlight broke through the canopy of leaves” RevengeBalletBallerinaFemme FataleFemale RageBallet Quotes Book:The Feminine Art of Revenge Source: The Feminine Art of Revenge
“A woman is praying beside me. I would really like to be able to believe like that, I would like to be able to feel something when I pray but I don't. Maybe looking for God is just looking for something to be in awe of, something to tremble before, a standard to uphold. Perhaps religion is a way of punishing oneself, a manifestation of the shame built into the human experience.” ReligionChurchPrayerReligious TraumaReligious Guilt Book:Sugar, Baby Source: Sugar, Baby