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But what happens when her beauty is torn from her like a cover from a book? Will he care to read her then, although her pages speak of nothing but love for him?
— Pearl S. Buck (via middlenameconfused)
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Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.
—Marianne Williamson (via middlenameconfused)
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The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don’t need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.
—Nick Hornby, How to Be Good (via middlenameconfused)