We need those things in order to appreciate the good. Some days might be more difficult than others, but … I want to experience all of it, live through all of it. With them.
“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
― Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman
― Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman
“Lying is done with words, and also with silence.”
― Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying
― Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying
“We have to face difficulties to find out what our true strengths are. How we come back from a failure is a very valuable test.”
― Sweet Evil
― Sweet Evil
“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”
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“But the problem with looking back when you should be walking ahead is that you usually end up walking into something that hurts.”
― Broken
― Broken
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