"It would seem that in history it's never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one."

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Source : Sybille Bedford (2017). “A Favourite of the Gods and A Compass Error”, p.143, New York Review of Books

Sybille Bedford

#Revenge Quotes #War Quotes #Teeth Quotes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
“It meant something to me â€“ the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a womanâ€™s body. For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining oneâ€™s favor, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.”
“The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God of Being-Good.”
“Rise above the way society is going to see you and society is going to see you at the absolutely bottom of the totem pole because not only are you female, you are Black. Never believe it and never give into that, that that's where you live or that's who you are.”

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“It takes hard writing to make easy reading.”
“Don't listen to what the Communists say, but look at what they do.”
“I do not really know if it is a gain to exchange the crown of martrydom with two or three years of life in freedom. But I leave the good Lord to decide.”
“I haven't had time to think about a relationship! I literally have not had a boyfriend in almost five years. I've never even hooked up with anybody I've worked on a movie with.”

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