Robyn Blaber

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Robyn’s Quotes

“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
― Audre Lorde

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“My great treasure is that I am my own master, that I am not dependent upon anyone, and that I am not afraid of misfortunes.”
― Giacomo Casanova, The Story of My Life

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“He prayed for her, and she prayed for him.
One needs to pray, in a world without a god.”
― Hiroya Oku, Gantz/35

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“In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress

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“The denigration of those we love always detaches us from them in some degree. Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

tags: detachment, idolatry, idols, love-disappointment

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