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“I have searched for my mother's love in all the corners of the world.”
― I Remain in Darkness
― I Remain in Darkness
“I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be...”
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“I only feel close to people who arouse my energy, who make enormous demands of me, who are capable of enriching me with experience, pain, people who do not doubt my courage, or my toughness. People who do not believe me naive or innocent, but who challenge my keenest wisdom, who have the courage to treat me like a woman in spite of the fact that they are aware of my vulnerability.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
“I think about you. But I don't say it anymore.”
― Hiroshima mon amour
― Hiroshima mon amour
“I couldn't stand the idea of a woman having to have a single pure life and a man being able to have a double life, one pure and one not.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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