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“She felt as though she'd acquiesced in her own rape ...”
― Judith Rossner

“I'd rather be seduced than comforted.”
― Judith Rossner

“The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - when they still imagine that children and property can be shared with more magnanimity than recrimination.”
― John Irving

“The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child.”
― John Irving

“The excitement of anticipation was *almost* equal to the thrill of lovemaking ...”
― john irving

“but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

“But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“Cartography is another name for stories told by winners.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees