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You, for example, need someone who will stand up to you. You’ll never respect anyone who caves too easily. And you’ll bulldoze over anyone who gets in your way.”
There it was again. That assumption that I would stop existing except to pop out babies and pick up some husband’s dirty socks.
And I didn’t understand how these men could claim to be attracted to the fact that I was free, then try to cage me.
Ada had said that social class was sometimes negotiable in making matches, but often not. And I finally understood she didn’t mean money. She meant values. Core beliefs. The way we treated others. You could be rich as Croesus and still not have class.
“Always say yes to new things,” Ada said. “It’s the only way you’ll be able to write about life—if you actually go out and live it.”
The world loves to destroy what it doesn’t understand. Some things can be hidden to be protected. Some can’t.”
The world loves to destroy what it doesn’t understand.