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Valley of the Dolls

by Jacqueline Susann

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Jul 17, 2019 05:06PM

“She was a stranger because something essential was shielded, released in tiny bursts until it became a flood---a flood of what I realized I did not know. Afterward, I would mourn her as if she'd died, because something had: someone we had created together.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

tags: disillusionment, estrangement, facades, loss

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“A reminder to remember: just because the sharpness of the sadness has faded does not mean that it was not, once, terrible. It means only that time and space, creatures of infinite girth and tenderness, have stepped between the two of you, and they are keeping you safe as they were once unable to.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

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“The inhabitant gives the room its purpose. Your actions are mightier than any architect's intentions.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

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“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
― Anne Frank

tags: candle, darkness, illumination, misattributed

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“How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that makes me think I'm on the way to knowing love." Or if instead of saying "I am in love" we say "I am loving" or "I will love." Our patterns around romantic love are unlikely to change if we do not change our language.”
― Bell Hooks, All About Love: New Visions

tags: change, communication, connection, language, love, romance

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