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1 " Pretend that you're a clever shepherd girl, and you're just dressed up in pretty clothes, and you're trying to make everybody believe that you're a spoiled, empty-headed little princess. So no one guesses that under your clothes you're a brave shepherd girl who climbs trees and chases away wolves with your staff. "
― Johanna Sinisalo , The Core of the Sun
2 " But the way an eloi has to darken her eyelashes every morning, cover her skin with colored cream, powder her nose and forehead all day so it doesn't shine, freshen her lipstick over and over, and then take it all off at night. It's like the myth of Sisyphus in Hades, rolling the rock up the hill just to watch it roll down again. "
3 " I guess you can't compare humans to birds. Humans are rational beings. They're not just creatures without any sense of responsibility, ruled by drives and instincts, as our teachers at eloi school keep impressing upon us. Human beings are the pinnacle of creation, able to use rational, organized methods to place themselves outside nature, to control nature. But no sooner have they said that than they start evoking what is "natural," and to whom, and how such and such is the "natural order" of things. "
4 " Teach me, chile, and I shall Learn. Take me, chile, and I shall Escape. Focus my eyes, chile, and I shall See. Consume more chiles. I feel no pain, for the chile is my teacher. I feel no pain, for the chile takes me beyond myself. I feel no pain, for the chile gives me sight. —Transcendental Capsaicinophilic Society, “Litany Against Pain "
5 " They didn't need the support of the majority. Sometimes all that's needed is a group of people loud enough and influential enough to change the world and make it the way they want it to be. It doesn't even have to be a huge group, as long as some of them establish their own personal preferences as the only real truth, and make enough noise to give them the impression that the forgotten, neglected masses are behind them. Even for a person who's satisfied with things the way they are, it's easy to give support to an idea if it's going to personally benefit you. "
6 " Veneeni on kevyt ja nopea "
7 " Miksi sinulla on noin suuret silmät?" Punanna kysyi."Siksi, että näkisin sinut tarkemmin", susi vastasi."Miksi sinulla on noin suuret korvat?" Punanna kysyi."Siksi, että kuulisin ajatuksesi", susi vastasi."Miksi sinulla on noin suuri suu?" Punanna kysyi."Siksi, että voisin hotkaista sinut saaliikseni ja sulattaa sinut osaksi itseäni ja pitää sinut omanani koko lopun elämääni."Silloin susi loikkasi sängystä ja heitti yltään sudennahan, ja Punanna näki, että se ei ollutkaan susi, vaan komea prinssi."Mutta koska et totellut minua etkä suostunut kosintaani, vaan lähdit tuomaan isoäidillesi lääkettä, hylkään sinut tähän paikkaan. "
8 " Ruumiini oli pettänyt minut ja alkanut vastoin tahtoani muuttaa minua prinsessaksi. "
