“She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.”
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“The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.”
“I am very selfish, really. I lived for love.”
“Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy.”
“You are never stronger…than when you land on the other side of despair.”