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“most marriages are neither heavenly nor hellish, but vaguely purgatorial.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“at some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“we may fall victim to the misconception that time will heal all wounds and that eventually everything will shake itself out. But as we get older, we learn this sad truth: some things can never be fixed. Some mistakes can never be put right—not by the passage of time, and not by our most fervent wishes, either.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“Let us not become so cautious that we forget to live.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“Anyway, at some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
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