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41 " Every maid in court has been told that we must maintain a certain weight for the aesthetic preference of the Sea King and his mer-men. "
― Louise O'Neill , The Surface Breaks
42 " We have been told since we were mer-children that extra-weight is revolting "
43 " My name is Ceto,” she snaps, pushing herself out of the chair until she towers above me. “It is your father who has insisted on calling me a ‘witch’. That is simply a term that men give women who are not afraid of them, women who refuse to do as they are told. "
44 " It’s true, I am skinny. My bones jostle underneath my skin, fighting to be the first one to pierce my flesh. "
― Louise O'Neill , Only Ever Yours
45 " If I cannot speak, I suddenly realize, then I can change nothing. "
46 " I cannot remember, so those photos and those comments have become my memories. "
― Louise O'Neill , Asking For It
47 " I am afraid every time I open my computer or look at my phone. I know I shouldn't look. Of course, I shouldn't look. I am afraid of looking but I am afraid no to look too. I am afraid all the time. "
48 " All he is concerned with is that I am the most beautiful daughter of the Sea King. I am a prize to be won, and Zale likes the taste of victory". "
49 " It didn’t matter what my father said – that Alex was lazy, that all he cared about was having fun. Well, I wanted to have fun, for once. Fun, I could appreciate. I’ve never cared for beauty. Beauty fades, there’s no loyalty in it. My mother told me it was better to cultivate my wit, my intelligence. If I’d had a daughter, I would have told her the same. I would have made her strong. A woman needs to be strong to survive. "
50 " And then they blame us, as men have always blamed women, for prompting their lust, for fuelling their insatiable greed for something they cannot have. "
51 " They are fascinated by us, and terrified by us as well. Do not underestimate that fear, and what they might do with it. Some men are very afraid of women, my child. And those men long for us the most, and are the most dangerous when they do not get what they want. "
52 " He takes a glass from a passing waiter, but doesn’t thank him. He rarely thanks the staff, I’ve observed. All the little things that I have ignored about this man, in order to make the narrative of true love and destiny fit. I tried to make him as perfect as I needed him to be. "
53 " Los hombres inseguros suelen sentirse amenazados por las mujeres poderosas. "
― Louise O'Neill
54 " Nos dijeron que ningún hombre querría unirse a nosotras si éramos más poderosas que ellos. Nos advirtieron que nuestros poderes nos hacían demasiado ruidosas. Demasiado estridentes. Así que las mujeres nos volvimos silenciosas porque nos prometieron que seríamos más felices de ese modo. Y perdimos nuestros poderes. [...] Si no nos mantenemos alerta, nos pueden arrebatar fácilmente aquello que damos por sentado. "
55 " Somos mujeres. Y las mujeres somos guerreras, después de todo. "
56 " No había nadie allí para escucharlas gritar «no». O tal vez sí lo había, pero ese «no» no se consideró digno de ser escuchado. Tal vez lo escucharon y no les importó. Los hombres que no quieren escuchar pueden transformar fácilmente el «no» de una una mujer en un «sí». "
57 " Somos mujeres. Y, después de todo, las mujeres son guerreras. "
58 " It is always there, the sun, even when we cannot see it. "
59 " I’m not making a statement,’ Lisa said, her face paling. ‘I’m not a celebrity. I don’t live in your world, Sam. I just want to ignore this and things will go back to normal eventually. There’ll be a new scandal and who’s gonna care about some housewife in the suburbs? "
― Louise O'Neill , Idol
60 " I was so stupid to come here, to give up everything that I have ever known, ever loved, in an attempt to seduce a human man. A man I didn’t know, a man that I had seen once and decided would be the answer to all of my problems. "