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“I feel like I've been
shut in a closet, and he's on the other side,
and he doesn't have the key to unlock the
door.”
― Smooth Talking Stranger
shut in a closet, and he's on the other side,
and he doesn't have the key to unlock the
door.”
― Smooth Talking Stranger
“I had learned that there were substitutes
for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You
could find love with other people. You could
find it in places you weren't even looking.
But the original wound would never heal. I
would carry it with me forever, and so would
Tara. That was the trick . . . accepting it, going
on with your life, knowing it was part of
you.”
― Smooth Talking Stranger
for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You
could find love with other people. You could
find it in places you weren't even looking.
But the original wound would never heal. I
would carry it with me forever, and so would
Tara. That was the trick . . . accepting it, going
on with your life, knowing it was part of
you.”
― Smooth Talking Stranger
“I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute.”
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“I didn't think there was any way to convince
Jack that he wanted more than I had to
give, that to people who'd been damaged the
way I had been, fear and the will to survive
would always be more powerful than attachment.
I could only love in a limited way”
― Smooth Talking Stranger
Jack that he wanted more than I had to
give, that to people who'd been damaged the
way I had been, fear and the will to survive
would always be more powerful than attachment.
I could only love in a limited way”
― Smooth Talking Stranger
“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
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