„You wonder about her crime. She was condemnedto death for stealing clothes from her employer, fromthe wife of her employer. She wished to make herselfmore beautiful. This desire in servants was not legal.“

— Margaret Atwood

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„she is no longerthe beautiful womanshe was. she sendsphotos of herselfsitting upon a rockby the oceanalone and damned.I could have hadher once. I wonderif she thinks Icould havesaved her?“
— Charles Bukowski
„She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn’t have quite enough going for her to become what she imagined herself to be.“
— Charles Bukowski
„When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.“
— Colette
„Her hair is smoldering. Her face was smudged with soot. She had a cut on her arms, her dress was torn, and she was missing a boot. Beautiful.“
— Rick Riordan