To seek perfection is to be cursed to find fault in the perfectly adequate, enjoyable, or even just plain good.
“It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for.”
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“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”
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“Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“Treat your career like a bad boyfriend. Here's the thing. Your career won't take care of you. It won't call you back or introduce you to its parents.Your career will openly flirt with other people while you are around. It will forget you birthday and wreck your car. Your career will blow you off if you call it too much. It's never going to leave its wife.Your career is fucking other people and everyone knows but you. Your career will never marry you. (...) If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Every Thing on It
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy start.”
― Every Thing on It
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