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and at least she had something of marketable value, namely her young ass, and therefore she wouldn’t starve to death, and nobody had to feel guilty.
“Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and distance blur the edges; then suddenly the beloved has arrived, and it’s noon with its merciless light, and every spot and pore and wrinkle and bristle stands clear.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“To destroy a people, then, is to set them back in time.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“People cry at weddings for the same reason they cry at happy endings: because they so desperately want to believe in something they know is not credible.”
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“did not yet know that my lack of enjoyment – my distaste, my suffering even – would be considered normal and even desirable by my husband. He was one of those men who felt that if a woman did not experience sexual pleasure this was all to the good, because then she would not be liable to wander off seeking it elsewhere.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
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