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“When did pursuing your ambitions cross the line from brave into foolhardy?”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“I don’t think happiness is for me,”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“Men are sex machines, said Aunt Lydia, and not much more. They only want one thing. You must learn to manipulate them, for your own good. Lead them around by the nose; that is a metaphor. It’s nature’s way. It’s God’s device. It’s the way things are.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

“He doesn’t mind it at all. Maybe he even likes it. We are not each other’s, anymore. Instead, I am his. Unworthy, unjust, untrue. But that is what happened.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale