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“What wounds a man mortally is living with a woman,
sharing her bed, and knowing he is not loved. Not even
esteemed. Knowing, that in the eyes of the woman he has
chosen above all others, he is nothing. Nothing at all.”
― Germaine Shames

“Dignitaries may sign treaties, but wars never end. Oil dries and bombs run out, but never a mother's tears.”
― Germaine Shames, You, Fascinating You

“You know the way a racket’s got a sweet spot? It’s the same with life. That moment when everything connects. Feel it? I’m in the sweet spot, and you’re there with me, and suddenly all the airports and bad calls and sleepless nights make sense: It was only ever about love.”
― Germaine Shames, from her stage play SWEET SPOT

“What is history if not one endless assault on love?”
― Casper Silk, Hotel Noir