“He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”
― New Spring
― New Spring
“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
“The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [we soon feel ungrateful] or those who never allow us to kiss them [we soon forget them], but those who coyly lead us between the two extremes.”
― On Love
― On Love
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