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“believe in nothing but a woman’s capacity to survive disappointment”
― Blue Sisters
― Blue Sisters
“but she was always happy to delay the night ending.”
― Blue Sisters
― Blue Sisters
“Fondness was the best word she could think of to describe what they felt for each other. Fondness was warm but not tepid, the color of amber, more affectionate than friendship but less complicated than love.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“And you’re in love?” “Ma, we’ve never even kissed.” “And that has anything to do with it?” “Okay, fine. Yes, I think so. But don’t tell anyone. Don’t even repeat it to yourself.” “Why?” “Because it’s humiliating.” “Sweetheart, love is humiliating. Hasn’t anyone ever told you that?” “Who would have told me that?” “Do you know the word humiliate comes from the Latin root humus , which means ‘earth’? That’s how love is supposed to feel.” “Like hummus?” “Like earth. It ground s you. All this nonsense about love being a drug, making you feel high, that’s not real. It should hold you like the earth.” “Wow, Ma.” “What? I have a heart, don’t I?”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“I'm not beyond help?”
― Blue Sisters
― Blue Sisters
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