“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country.” —Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas

Vittoria, Liu, Mayowa and Sara By Blaire Mazibov

woman: i miss you like the deserts miss the rain

“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

“To create one’s own world takes courage.”

“I think it’s foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary—you’re happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life. Happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”

“I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again —”

“I can only love That which I have the freedom To leave behind This country This city This woman This life That is precisely why A few love this country Some love this city Many love their partner Everyone loves this life”