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“It’s not the absence of fun, it’s the absence of fear.’ Keep this in mind when you are looking for someone to share your life with – someone who’ll bring fun without fear. Someone whose company you love. Someone who makes you feel alive and safe and understood. Those are the specifics you should be looking for. The rest doesn’t matter so much.”
― Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly: Collected Wisdom

“You should never place all your self-worth and happiness in the hands of someone you barely know.”
― Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly: Collected Wisdom

“Don’t be afraid to love someone. When you fall in love, I want you to fall in love all the way. Even if it ends in heartache, please don’t live a lonely life without love. I’ve been so worried that because of what happened you’ll give up on falling in love. Love is wonderful. I don’t want you to forget that. Those memories of people you love, they never disappear. They go on warming your heart as long as you live.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“Women should be allowed to take their lives in whichever direction works for them, without ranking those lifestyles in order of importance.”
― Dolly Alderton, Dear Dolly: Collected Wisdom