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“I remember thinking my father was mean but knowing he was kind. I remember thinking my father was kind but knowing he was mean.”
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“Or was my rage my mother’s? Or her mother’s? Or hers? An inherited creature?”
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“i should apologize–
it’s true my dad stopped hugging me,
but i never say the other part:
i stopped hugging him too.”
― Promises of Gold
it’s true my dad stopped hugging me,
but i never say the other part:
i stopped hugging him too.”
― Promises of Gold
“I am lonely when I love because I feel the immensity of the task — the stoking and tending of love. I feel unable, overwhelmed. I feel I can only fail. So I hide and I cling all at once. I need you near me, in my house, but I don’t want you to find my hiding place. Hold me. Don’t come too close.”
― Granta 115: The F Word
― Granta 115: The F Word
“So when I said “I don't like romance,” it was the equivalent of a dieter insisting she just doesn't want dessert. I did want it—I just thought I wasn't allowed.”
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