bookmate game
Naomi Alderman

The Power

Notify me when the book’s added
To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate. How do I upload a book?
  • ;has quoted7 years ago
    It’s enough for her to know, sitting in there in the dark, that if she really wanted to she could get out. The knowledge is as good as freedom.
  • Лика Меликсетянhas quoted7 years ago
    Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn’t. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on it and it’s hollow. Look under the shells: it’s not there.
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    Our dreams are more true than our waking.
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    When does power exist? Only in the moment it is exercised.
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    Simple feels safe.
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    These things are happening all at once. These things are one thing. They are the inevitable result of all that went before. The power seeks its outlet. These things have happened before; they will happen again. These things are always happening.
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    One of them says, ‘Why did they do it, Nina and Darrell?’
    And the other answers, ‘Because they could.’
    That is the only answer there ever is.
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    Babies left alone too long do not even cry. They become very still and quiet. They know no one is coming.
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    tang and crackle
  • oksana841resohas quoted2 years ago
    back-handed praise
fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)