“What about when the conversation is not relevant to everyone? Sometimes it seems that we talk about issues that would best be handled off-line. One-on-one.” “That's a good point.” Kathryn was reeling Martin in now. “If there is ever a time
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“I'm going to bring up my daughter so that she is free and can stand on her own feet. I'm not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he is willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil
“He did not speak because he had nothing to say. But if nobody spoke unless he had something to say, kitty reflected, with a smile, the human race would very soon loose the use of speach”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil
“If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil
“I love you, and I want you to love me. But I do not want you to lose yourself in me, or in anyone. Nor do I want you to draw your self-confidence and your trust in life from me or from anyone else. I want you to have your own individual, independent self, and the confidence that can only spring from the self, not from others. Then -When you have achieved that - no one will ever be able to crush you.”
― الباب المفتوح
― الباب المفتوح
“Yo no soy para nada bonita, pero cuando sea grande quiero ser el tipo de persona que haga que la gente diga: "Cuando la conoces no la puedes olvidar".”
― Missing You, Love Sara
― Missing You, Love Sara
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