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“I used to believe it was a privilege to be loved by anybody. Not anymore.”
― Ryan O'Connell, Just by Looking at Him

“Nearly everything I know about love, I’ve learnt in my long-term friendships with women. Particularly the ones I have lived with at one point or another.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“I thought about how I used to watch my mother sleep sometimes, how innocent she looked with her hands tucked under the pillow. In those moments, I saw her as a little girl, and I felt that nothing was her fault—just a chain of fears and feelings passed down from generation to generation. In those moments I thought, You can show her how to love you better by being loving to her. But it was easier to be loving when the person was asleep.”
― Melissa Broder, Milk Fed: A Novel

“It takes a village to mend a broken heart.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love