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“It is hard to love an addict. Not only practically difficult, in the picking up after them and the handling of those aspects of life they're not able for themselves, but metaphysically hard. It feels like bashing yourself against a wall, not just your head, but your whole self. It makes your heart hard. Caught between ultimatums (stop drinking) and radical acceptance (I love you no matter what) the person who loves the addict exhausts and renews their love on a daily basis.”
― Notes To Self
― Notes To Self
“Yet again, the Queen’s inability to live without her male favourites was in evidence. As usual, she apportioned all blame to the female party.”
― Elizabeth's Rival
― Elizabeth's Rival
“White supremacy encourages the people it benefits to create their own parallel universe, their own set of facts and explanations about the existence of and prevalence of racism. Even as white people insist that "no one really knows what happened", they can immediately share an explanation that eases their anxiety and shame.”
― The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
― The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
“Your life is here, now. You’re not about to live a tracing-paper copy of it.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“She is selling herself by the inch. The gentlemen all say you are advising her. She wants a present in cash for every advance above her knee.'
'Not like you, Mary. One push backwards and, good girl, here's your fourpence.'
'Well. You know. If king are doing the pushing." She laughs. "Anne has very long legs. By the time he comes to her secret part he will be bankrupt. The French wars will be cheap, in comparison.”
― Wolf Hall
'Not like you, Mary. One push backwards and, good girl, here's your fourpence.'
'Well. You know. If king are doing the pushing." She laughs. "Anne has very long legs. By the time he comes to her secret part he will be bankrupt. The French wars will be cheap, in comparison.”
― Wolf Hall
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