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“The women I dated were often my age, that was fine. But the men always had to be older than me because if they were my same age then it became too obvious how much more powerful I was and this was a turnoff for both of us. Men needed a head start for it to be even.”
― All Fours
― All Fours
“Why anger drew her she didn't know. Esme located men she could control; Kate chose men she could not. Perhaps it had to do, she speculated, with Esme's love of constructing a good story, as opposed to her own curiosity about the results of an experiment.”
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“But maybe the road split between:
a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising”
― All Fours
a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising”
― All Fours
“The truth is, there is no better place to live than in the shadow of a beautiful, furious mountain.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“As my friend Julian puts it, only half winkingly: “God blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason God made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine, so that humanity might share in the act of creation.”
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
― Something That May Shock and Discredit You
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