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41 " Fear festers in the imagination. It’s not fear’s fault. That’s just the way it’s made. "
― Lauren Beukes , The Shining Girls
42 " Lo peor es que se encuentra en un estado tan lamentable que las canciones pop han cobrado sentido. "
43 " Or maybe it just poisons everyone equally. "
44 " The women of Jane worry themselves sick, but there is nothing to show that Margot didn’t just get tired and pack it all in, maybe to join that ex-boyfriend in Canada. And besides, they’re preoccupied with their own troubles. A year later, Jane is raided. Eight women are arrested. Their lawyer keeps delaying the case for months and months, awaiting the outcome of a big trial that she says will change women’s rights to be in control of their own bodies, forever. "
45 " Affectionate violence. For when a hug just won't do. "
46 " No one said it would be pretty, yanking despair out of a woman. "
47 " The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless with a terrible fury all its own. "