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In principle, all women should give themselves permission to demand good treatment, but the world made doing so profoundly difficult.
Instilling desire in someone was a lot of fun, regardless of whether that person was male or female.
Women like me aren’t interested in a dazzling list of accolades – we want to meet men who can hold a decent conversation.
Men putting on weight is different from women putting on weight, though.
‘Nobody has to be fully satisfied by just one thing, and nor do they have to aim to be like everyone else. It’s plenty if people can enjoy things a good amount, and be satisfied with their life overall.
‘There is nothing in this world so pathetic, so moronic, so meaningless as dieting.’
She was tired of living her life thinking constantly about how she appeared to others, checking her answers against everyone else’s.
I feel that all women would like to learn to love themselves the way you do, to act with confidence, but it’s actually the hardest thing of
Never eat anything you don’t want to. When you take the decision to live that way, both your mind and your body will commence their transformation.’
If you were accepted by just one person, then you didn’t need to be someone whose beauty was acknowledged by everyone.
‘I always thought that I’d be imposing on you if I did something like this, but I think that, on reflection, that’s exactly what’s been lacking. I’ve started to realise that nothing ever happens if you don’t impose on people.’
‘It’s like we’re all being controlled, so that when you come across a person who’s shaken off that control you feel irritated.
If you’re paying more attention to the form other people are assuming than what’s taking place inside yourself, it means something is seriously wrong with you.’
‘Cooking is enjoyable, but the moment it becomes a duty, it grows boring. The same is true of sex, and fashion, and beauty. When you’re forced to do something, it becomes a chore, and the pleasure disappears.’
Even the bitter taste of guilt became a welcome ingredient in the dish of her current feelings, somehow accentuating its texture.
However beautiful she became, however well she did at work, even if she got married and had children, society didn’t let women off that easily.
Whenever there’s opposition there’s also support, don’t forget.
What is the truth, though, really? What is a lie? There’s such a small discrepancy between the two.
