“But desire, Ethan, is where it all begins. If you don't want more, you don't get more.”
― Run, Rose, Run
― Run, Rose, Run
“She used to think love was like a house. Once it was built, a person got to live in it forever. But now she wondered if love was more like a war with new foes constantly appearing and battles creeping up. Winning at love was less about succeeding in a battle and more about continuing to fight, to choose the person you loved as the one you were willing to die for, over and over.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
“We like to forget that men imprisoned women in the house and expected gratitude in return.”
― A Certain Hunger
― A Certain Hunger
“I learned that being female is as prefab, thoughtless, soulless and abjectly capitalist as a Big Mac.”
― A Certain Hunger
― A Certain Hunger
“The problem, she's starting to understand, is that a man will never let you fall completely into hell. He will scoop you right before you drop the final inch, so that you cannot blame him for sending you there. He keeps you in a diner like purgatory instead, waiting and hoping, and taking orders.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
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