Grotesque

Women have only one reason for turning to prostitution. It’s hatred for others, for the rest of the world. No doubt this is incredibly sad, but then men have the capacity for countering such feelings in a woman. Still, if sex is the only way to dissolve these feelings, then men and women really are pathetic.

Why was I terrified, you ask? Because I knew that people in love are capable of behaving stupidly. Don’t you find it scary too?

I couldn’t stand the way he always looked: so proper, everything so perfect. I hated him.

Less than average. Less than the fiftieth percentile on a standard scale. No one would want me. The thought made me go nearly crazy. How horrible to be less than average.

The life I was living was no different from that of a middle-aged man. I went to work and then I went home.

all of them had the ability to interact with others: friends, lovers, someone to whom they could open their hearts, someone with whom they could share conversation, someone they longed to see once work was done. They had people outside the workplace who made them feel happy.

Brains and talent will never stand up against a girl who is clearly physically attractive.

For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents, these attributes are not easily discerned. Brains and talent will never stand up against a girl who is clearly physically attractive.

There are villains, you see, who live in the sunlight.

if it’s the perfect life you want, best not to be born a woman.