“I also don’t carry around shame. It’s a waste of my mental energy.” I pick up my fork
“pain loses its power when we share it.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“Awhorehouse? Really?” Eva asked thirty minutes later as they stood on a seedy side street in Pigalle, looking up at a stone building with opening hours listed on the left windowpane in both German and French. “You want me to stay here?” “First of all, it’s called a brothel, not a whorehouse.” Rémy grinned at her, obviously enjoying her discomfort. “A brothel, a bordello, a cathouse, does it matter?” “Well, considering the fine folks here will be putting us up for the night, I would suggest being polite.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“You are betraying nothing if you follow your heart,”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“All she'd wanted was the life she deserved. It didn't occur to her that she had gotten it.”
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
“We’re not going to worry about fat or thin anymore—only healthy. God made our bodies very smart, and if we put good things in them and do fun things for exercise, it will all be okay.”
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
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