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"I don't know why, but his reaction disappoints me."
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"Ok. You fuck me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. You show me a sensitive side, then you turn into a total asshole. Is this a pretty accurate description of our relationship."

"Man loves pleasure. But women desire purposeful commitment."

"A relationship is not just about sex " it is much more than that. Sex is only a tool in love, not love itself."

"Marriage is not a competition. Marriage is completion of two souls."

"She brought a chair into the room and placed it alongside the top of his bed. Then she held his hand as he drifted off to sleep. It was so small in her own hand, and it felt warm and dry. She pressed his hand gently, and his fingers returned the pressure, but only just, as he was almost asleep by then. She remembered, but not very well, what it was to fall asleep holding the hand of another; how precious such an experience, how fortunate those to whom it was vouchsafed by the gods of Friendship, or of Love. She thought she had forgotten that, but now she remembered."

"Many men remain spoiled boys that have never grown up. Women are prepared to raise them and take pain with patience, both as a condescendant contribution to supercilious compassion and as a proof of the eminence of their sense of worth. ['PrAat-A -penser" / "Ready-to-wear thinking']"

"Through sexual intimacy, two human beings become one mind, body and soul wrapped up in the cocoon of their skin."

"Mrs Beaumont shrugged. 'Dougie travelled light in life,' she said. 'He knew it was people who were important."

"A man and a woman represent two heavenly beings."

"Nothing should become a stumbling block in your relationship with the people who surround you."
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"Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle."


"I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free."


"At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free."


"...we have something they want. Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. We should be thankful that we know better."


"Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil."


"Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now."
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