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“Dylan looked promising. Tomboy. Tall and deliciously rangy. Her raven hair was unevenly sliced, streaked auburn in a patch or two. A thatch of black hair hung like a flag of bad-girl honor over Dylan’s right eye. She was delightfully loud. Her black, paint-splattered jeans were ripped at both knees. She wore a red T-shirt that proclaimed: “Ask Me About My Big Pink Pussy.”

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The Big Sugarbush

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“Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now, see! There it is, playing, a good way off. Stand you here, and let me run and catch it. I am but a child. It will not flee from me; for I wear nothing on my bosom yet!" "Nor ever will, my child, I hope," said Hester. "And why not, Mother?" asked Pearl, stopping short, just at the beginning of her race. "Will it not come of its own accord, when I am a woman grown?”

“Αν με πιάσεις γκόμενα, Μη μου αγοράσεις εσώρουχα. Δεν τα φοράω, με σφίγγουν. Μη μου χαρίσεις βιβλία. Βλέπω τις σκέψεις μου γραμμένες κι από άλλους, απελπίζομαι. Μη με πας να δούμε το ηλιοβασίλεμα. Θα σκέφτομαι πως το βλέπουν, δεν ξέρω πόσα εκατομμύρια κρετίνοι. Γαμημένοι κρετίνοι. Μη με πας έξω για φαγητό. Πίνω, δεν τρώω, θα σε εκθέσω. Μην μου χαρίσεις κοσμήματα. Θα τα πουλήσω και θα τρέξω να αγοράσω μια μικρή κινέζικη ομπρέλα που μέρες τώρα είναι στην βιτρίνα και δεν μπορώ άλλο να την βλέπω να περιμένει. Μη μου χαϊδέψεις τα μαλλιά, μου τα χάιδευε ο μπαμπάς μου. Δεν μπορείς να κάνεις τίποτα γι’ αυτό. Αν με πιάσεις γκόμενα, βάλε μια καρέκλα κουτσή στη γραμμή της λεωφόρου. Και άφησε με εκεί να κάθομαι σε ώρα αιχμής. Μη σταθείς στο πεζοδρόμιο, φύγε, εγώ θα ξέρω πως είσαι εκεί. Να απαιτήσεις αγάπη, γιατί μπορώ. Να μην κρατήσεις τίποτα για σένα. Να τα δώσεις όλα σε εμένα. Γιατί εγώ ξέρω τι είναι για πέταμα και τι είναι χρυσός. Εσύ δεν ξέρεις, είσαι άντρας. Να κλαις. Να ξέρω ότι δεν είσαι πέτρινος όπως όλοι τους. Θέλω λουλούδια. Αγαπώ τα λουλούδια. Κι εκείνα με αγαπούν. Μερικές φορές φυτρώνουν στα μάγουλά μου. Μ’ αρέσει να προχωράω στην άκρη της ταράτσας. Να με πιστεύεις. Κι αν πέσω, έπεσα. Αν με πιάσεις γκόμενα μην σε πείσω πως είμαι δυνατή. Εγώ αυτό θα κάνω. Εσύ μην πειστείς. Τέλος, ο σκοπός είναι να νιώσουμε απόλυτα ευτυχείς. Να μοιάσουμε θεοί. Για κάτι λιγότερο, ας μην μπούμε καθόλου στον κόπο. Tonia Kosmadaki”

“I think that one of the key discoveries during our generation has been man's uncovering of the true nature of female sensuality. Or of females who are truly sensual. The prevailing belief once was, that female sensuality existed for the pleasure of men, or that, we wish to be sensual in order to attract men. I think that men everywhere are slowly beginning to realise that many women enjoy their own sensuality and feel an attraction towards their own bodies by means of their own sensuality. We make love to ourselves all the time with our own heads, our own hearts. Female sensuality is often a character trait rather than a method of finding a mate.”

“Male and female sexuality are very different, we are told, [...] None the less women are instructed to try to develop male sexual responses in order to be the 'ideal lover'. [...] So clearly sexual behaviour is not natural or inevitable. It can be learned where this serves the interests of male-dominant heterosexuality, and is only disconcertingly recalcitrant where such learning might serve women's interests.”

“Belief in God puts our life on autopilot. We know that someone up there is watching us and is in control. Losing our faith puts off the autopilot, we have to run it manually, and check if everything is alright for ourselves. No wonder religion has a wide appeal; most of us are lazy and would like a supreme being to be in charge”

“That's what I'd tell you if I thought you could be responsible for anything. But normal people don't choose on the basis of consequences, they just play roles. There's a picture in your head of a stern disciplinarian and you do whatever that picture would do, whether or not it makes any sense. A stern disciplinarian would order the students back to their rooms, even if there was a troll roaming the hallways. A stern disciplinarian would order students not to leave the Hall on pain of expulsion. And the little picture of Professor McGonagall that you have in your head can't learn from experience or change herself, so there isn't any point to this conversation. People like you aren't responsible for anything, people like me are, and when we fail there's no one else to blame.”