“To David, love meant declaration. Wasn't that the whole point? To Sarah, love meant a shared secret. Wasn't that the whole point?”
― Trust Exercise
― Trust Exercise
“To be loved, certainly, is different from being admired, as one can be admired from afar but to really love someone it is essential to be in the same room with the person, crouching behind the drapes.”
― Without Feathers
― Without Feathers
“I have a soft spot for anyone who works so hard on a flower garden; you can't eat what you grow, you just make yourself and everyone else happy by it.”
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“I think of how keenly I've been wrong. I think of all the gods I have made out of feeble men.”
― Luster
― Luster
“The conversation went on for another half hour, before this man's girlfriend, who had not said much of anything until then, remarked, Being a woman, you can't just say you don't want a child. You have to have some big plan or idea of what you're going to do instead. And it better be something great. And you had better be able to tell it convincingly - before it even happens - what the arc of your life will be.”
― Motherhood
― Motherhood
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