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“A wife", he says, "should have no secrets from her husband."
"I don't have any secrets," I tell him.
"The ribbon."
"The ribbon is not a secret; it's just mine.”
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"I don't have any secrets," I tell him.
"The ribbon."
"The ribbon is not a secret; it's just mine.”
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
“There isn't a woman who doesn't love the Perfect Man; In their wild dreams they see nothing but charms and virtues and gleefully deck out the men of their choice in all these qualities; but these glittering robes fit for a God often drape an abject model; but whatever he is, no sooner have they dressed him up than, dazzled by their own handiwork, they prostrate themselves to adore him.”
― Les Liaisons dangereuses
― Les Liaisons dangereuses
“Kindness, kindness, kindness.
I want to make a New year's prayer, not a resolution. I'm praying for courage.”
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I want to make a New year's prayer, not a resolution. I'm praying for courage.”
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“Fear, poverty, alcoholism, loneliness are terminal illnesses. Emergencies, in fact.”
― A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
― A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
“A young couple strolls by, the adoration of one bouncing off the tolerance of the other.”
― Calypso
― Calypso
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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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A group to gather and discuss, question, comment, interpret, review etc. Drinking of actual Margaritas while reading and/or discussing strongly encour ...more
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