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“Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming -- weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire?”
― Peony in Love
― Peony in Love
“Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation-- experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way”
― Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents
― Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents
“My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.”
― Peony in Love
― Peony in Love
“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
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“All women on earth-- and men, too for that matter-- hope for the kind of love that transforms us, raises us up out of the everyday, & gives us the courage to survive our little deaths: the heartache of unfulfilled dreams, of career and personal disappointments, of broken love affairs.”
― Peony in Love
― Peony in Love
Blanka’s 2025 Year in Books
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