I felt the first man I slept with must be intelligent, so I could respect him.
("The Bell Jar")
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My flesh winced, in cowardice, from such a death.
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No rings through the nose, no cries.
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Kiss me and you will see how important I am.
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And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
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