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“How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her?”
― Near to the Wild Heart
― Near to the Wild Heart
“All you can do is take each day as it comes. Try and do the best you can with what you're given. You won't always do the right thing, but you can try. And you can try to do the right thing next time. That, and stay alive.”
― The Heroes
― The Heroes
“Rebels depend on willful gullibility.”
― The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
― The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
“What I’m writing to you is not for reading— it’s for being.”
― Água Viva
― Água Viva
“I've never been free in my whole life. Inside I've always chased myself. I've become intolerable to myself. I live in a lacerating duality. I'm seemingly free, but I'm a prisoner inside of me.”
― A Breath of Life
― A Breath of Life
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