It wasn’t really Chanel she loved, so much as the sound of the word and the shape of the logo. One time, when a young girl at the bar asked, “Where was Coco Chanel from?” the lady answered “America,” as if anyone who was white had to be
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“He was twelve years older, thirty-seven, the age at which you start realizing you only get so many loves of your life.”
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“What I will also say is that women are magicians. I don't mean magic like the kind you were warned to avoid, I mean magic as in spinning story as lifeline, as in turning a wound into a star, as in holding an apocalypse in your core and smiling believably.”
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― Vagabonds!
“...because some books won't come directly to you; they go through someone who loves you.”
― Vagabonds!
― Vagabonds!
“Shame works, because there are those who we name when we talk power, but not when we talk harm.”
― Vagabonds!
― Vagabonds!
“Is being happy worth it? And the answer is absolutely, unequivocally, yes.”
― This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
― This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
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