A Escrava Isaura 7.140 · 7.140

A short exhale of a line — 'como te enganas!,' how you deceive yourself. The reflexive turns Rosa's own weapon around: it is not Isaura who is blind, but Rosa, who mistakes exposure for privilege and misery for pride.

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