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“Being mad at my own body for something it has no control over only succeeded in making everything hurt even more.”
― Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics
― Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics
“Most of what I was taught about sex was bullshit. Most of what the majority of us are taught about sex is bullshit, for that matter, but it’s extra bullshit for women.”
― Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics
― Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics
“She could think of nothing more horrifying than not being able to hide what she wanted.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“I do not believe in the idea that going through pain like this is something to be grateful for. That it somehow makes me a stronger person, or more empathetic. I am not grateful for my pain. But I am grateful for the person I have become in spite of it.”
― Vagina Problems
― Vagina Problems
“You could never quite get used to loneliness; every time she thought she had, she sank further into it.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
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