“She wanted so to be tranquil, to be someone who took walks in the late-afternoon sun, listening to the birds and crickets and feeling the whole world breathe. Instead, she lived in her head like a madwoman locked in a tower, hearing the wind howling through her hair and waiting for someone to come and rescue her from feeling things so deeply that her bones burned.”
― Postcards from the Edge
― Postcards from the Edge
“The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.”
― Postcards from the Edge
― Postcards from the Edge
“...one of those unfortunate women who did not find nice men interesting. She found undesirables desirable. She sought out unpleasant boyfriends, then complained about them as though the government had allocated them to her.”
― Postcards from the Edge
― Postcards from the Edge
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