"Imprisoned in our bodies...and our soul has its windows."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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"I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman."

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Art1937–2026

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