“If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by a false and empty consolation, how much more pleasant are letters which bring us the written characters of the absent friend.”
― The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
― The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
“Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.”
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“make love
like you have no
secrets
like you’ve
never been
left
never been
hurt
like the world
don’t owe you a
single
wretched
thing.”
―
like you have no
secrets
like you’ve
never been
left
never been
hurt
like the world
don’t owe you a
single
wretched
thing.”
―
“The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”
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“To my daughter I will say, when the men come, set yourself on fire.”
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
― Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
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