“I don't think I have ever loved anyone in my life, not really — just needed them, wanted them to love me to possess me — to become such a part of someone that I could lose my frightened self...”
About This Quote
Letter to Alfred Sexton (13 March 1957).
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“Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane.”
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