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Women who were constantly apologizing were at a disadvantage in any negotiation and, of course, taken less seriously, because who wants advice or counsel from someone who is sorry before they’ve even convinced you of anything?
“Maturity is when you start feeling the motion of zaman (time) as if it is a sensuous caress. p.216”
― Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
― Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
“You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“I'm just trying to matter.”
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“In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.”
― Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
― Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
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