“It is clear, for example, that many Americans did not like the idea of avant-garde art, especially in relation to women's fashion. Many people were particularly indignant about what seemed to them the deliberate obliteration of sexual attractiveness, which they identified with the tightwaisted dress and the hourglass figure.”
― Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now
― Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now
“Pain is one of those hideous places that once visited you have to fight your way out and even when you think you have escaped you are permanently branded”
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“Hardin is like a drug; each time I take the tiniest bit of him, I crave more and more. He consumes my thoughts and invades my dreams.”
― After
― After
“I am a moth to his flame, and he never hesitates to burn me.”
― After
― After
“I want him to look in the mirror and smile, not scowl. I need him to not think of himself as a monster. I need him to see the real him, because if he doesn’t pull himself out of the villain role, it will destroy him, and I’ll just be left with ashes. I just needed to get it all out because I feel like I’m drowning, and it’s hard to keep myself above water,especially when I’m fighting against the current to save him rather than myself.”
― After Ever Happy
― After Ever Happy
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