“Because of the violence that has been at work in my family for generations, I can't name one relative who believes that he or she is loveable, worthy of kindness, deserving of care, attention, gentleness. This is what violence does;… — Anna Camilleri Copy Share Image
“I had become a girl, then a woman, living in shadow, who could not bear the weight of her own heart - my heart, sunk as stone, silt cradled at the bottom of a lake. It was easy to live in that place for all those years. I had eroticized myself as unbreakable: beyond the reach of any lover I… — Anna Camilleri Copy Share
“ The part of me that is untouchable today should never have been touched. ” — Anna Camilleri Copy Share Image
“Because of the violence that has been at work in my family for generations, I can't name one relative who believes that he or… — Anna Camilleri Copy Share Image
“Disconnecting from my young self was a way of putting distance between the tragedy of those years and a future that seemed inaccessible.” — Anna Camilleri Copy Share Image
“I am stubbornly proud of my sexuality. To anyone who has looked down on me from a moral high ground , I say, "I… — Anna Camilleri Copy Share Image
