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The Surrendered Wife: A Practical Guide to Finding Intimacy, Passion, and Peace with a Man [Revised & Updated 2026 Edition]

by Laura Doyle (Goodreads Author)

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Elise’s Quotes

“We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

tags: age, cheap, film, today

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“She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.”
― Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

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“Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

tags: age, perspective

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“Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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“[on the future of hand-drawn animation] I'm actually not that worried. I wouldn't give up on it completely. Once in a while there are strange, rich people who like to invest in odd things. You're going to have people in the corners of garages making cartoons to please themselves. And I'm more interested in those people than I am in big business.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

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