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i thought i'd like this more than i actually did lol- the sketches felt empty compared to natalie's accounts in souvenirs indiscrets, written 30 years after this one. natalie does preface in the chapter 'academy of women' that she would only like to
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“A roll of the dice will never abolish chance.”
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“Isn't it funny. I'm enjoying my hatred so much more than I ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It's hard, or soft, however you need it. Love humiliates you, but Hatred cradles you.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.”
― Chéri
― Chéri
“We breathe, sleep, drink, eat, work and then die! The end of life is death. What do you long for? Love? A few kisses and you will be powerless. Money? What for? To gratify your desires. Glory? What coems after it all? Death! Death alone is certain.”
― Bel-Ami
― Bel-Ami
“I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.”
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Virago Modern Classics
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But once a woman stole the initiative, plundered the perquisites and took the lead, what happened to the globe? The fabric cracked [Daphne du Maurier] ...more
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