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Celibacy can be eroticized because the supposed restraint implies a rich appetite underneath. After all, Eve was the woman who took a bite out of the apple. It can be interesting to be a lusty broad with a hearty appetite that she is
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“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.”
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
― Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world.”
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
― Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
“Booze is the oil in our motors, the thing that keeps us purring when we should be making other kinds of noise.”
― Nothing Good Can Come from This
― Nothing Good Can Come from This

“..women are more complicated when it comes to their affections: They rarely love simply for what it is-- but for what it might be, and more importantly, how it might affect them. This is why a woman will endure a great deal of abuse in love-- as long as she believes there is something to be gained. But when a woman sees that a man can no longer help her, when his actions become detrimental to her lifestyle, she can fall out of love as suddenly and as firmly as an apple falling from a tree. There is no putting the apple back on the tree, just as there is no going back in love. Her heart closes against the man as resolutely as if he had never existed.”
― Trading Up
― Trading Up
“If you look at the person someone chooses to have a relationship with, you’ll see what they think of themselves.”
― The Princess Diarist
― The Princess Diarist

Jennifer Weiner, bestselling author of Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, and the new release Certain Girls will be available MAY 5 through MAY 18, 2008 to an ...more

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