“In the woods, it had been so easy to assert herself fearlessly, but it was impossible to be a free woman among people. Society demanded a certain level of lying about oneself.” LyingFreedomSocietyDeceptionSelf DeceptionFearlessness Book:Sorrowland Source: Sorrowland
“What a small thing she had asked for, to be left alone, to be allowed the solace of her own atoms. The only cocks she wanted inside her were the ones she requested, the only hands on her body the ones she begged to have touching her, the only knife in her gut the one she lodged there herself.” FreedomSelf Autonomy Book:An Unkindness of Ghosts Source: An Unkindness of Ghosts