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Como chamar facatanto aquelaenfiada na frutaquanto aquelaenfiada no peito?como chamar frutatanto o sol polpudo da laranjaquanto a lua doce da lichia?como chamar peitotanto o peso oco do meu coraçãoquanto o peso oco do seu coração? (p. 152)
La ciencia ficción travesti entrega elementos para distinguir la mirada sobre nosotras mismas de las miradas que nos fueron impuestas, violentándonos. La ciencia ficción travesti no impone, no cancela, no grita, no dice qué hacer (p. 16).
Like Wendy in Peter Pan, people find new walls springing up (...): every encounter (…) erects new closets whose fraught and characteristic laws of optics and physics exact from at least gay people new surveys, new calculations, new draughts and requisitions of secrecy or disclosure (p. 10).
"I put a small pot of water in the cage, though they never could have tasted water yet unless they drink the raindrops off the beech leaves. I suppose they get all the liquid they need from the bodies of the mice and other dainties provided for them by their fond parents. But the raindrop idea is prettier."