“Brush those tears from your eyes
And try and realize
That from now on
I'll always be true.
I went away
But I didn't mean to stay
And I will regret it until my dying day.”
― Country Girl
And try and realize
That from now on
I'll always be true.
I went away
But I didn't mean to stay
And I will regret it until my dying day.”
― Country Girl
“There was I, devouring books and yet allowing a man who had never read a book to walk me home for a bit of harmless fumbling on the front steps.”
― Country Girl
― Country Girl
“She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.”
― Saints and Sinners: Stories
― Saints and Sinners: Stories
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