Del Osumi

“Just like the myth of the people’s or popular capitalism, which was propagated since the mid1950s in the countries to the west of Berlin Wall, to the east and the north of it, since the same time it was introduced the myth of the people’s or popular socialism. But the suggestion is always the same. Under any “people’s” power—from people’s capitalism to people’s socialism—the greatest illusion suggested to the oppressed classes is that the people are sovereign, i.e., that all the people dominate over themselves. In this respect, even John Kenneth Galbraith makes Marxist conclusions, which even in the Internet epoch have the same power: “Young people are suggested that in a democracy the entire power belongs to the people!” (“The Anatomy of Power”)
Yet, old people know that this is not true!”
― Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face

“You shall address me as ‘My Dearest’,’ he repeated in a mocking voice, trying to copy her tone. ‘You will forget all about this conversation when you leave this room.’ It was interesting that tone; it had a sort of hypnotising ring to it.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

“Ma già, per lei, la scintilla del desiderio si era spenta, lasciandola stupita, calma e fredda; quei baci, quell’ebbrezza, quella parvenza di amore, tutto ciò che le era tanto piaciuto assumeva di colpo ai suoi occhi una colorazione sordida, appariva una povera cosa, priva di azzardo e di grandezza, un gioco alquanto spregevole, insomma, che poteva ancora stuzzicare i sensi, ma sotto sotto, furtivamente, e proprio per questo perdeva il suo potere.”
― Irène Némirovsky, Due

“It is weird that the same two parents can come together and make two such different people.”
― Sara Pascoe, Weirdo