Isn't that the problem That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion All the cosmetics names seemed obscenely obvious to me in their promises of sexual bliss. They were all firming or up
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There is simply no dignified way for a woman to live alone. Oh, she can get along financially perhaps (though not nearly as well as a man), but emotionally she is never left in peace. Her friends, her family, her fellow workers never let her forget that her husbandlessness, her childlessness -- her selfishness, in short -- is a reproach to the American way of life.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as part of life specifically fear of change and fear of the unknownand I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says, turn back, turn back, you'll die if you venture too far.
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In my view, everything was indeed about her. His romancing me was about her, his conversation about her, his rage about her. Rage is not a good basis for sex. Nor is revenge. He was getting his revenge for his chores. He was getting even with her about things I couldn't even imagine.
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