“So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today.”
― How to Be a Woman
― How to Be a Woman
“I can be hurt, she said, only by people I respect.”
― Then Comes Seduction
― Then Comes Seduction
“Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.”
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“There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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