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"In her, beating loudly, strongly, was the natural fact: the potent sex drive. It could be used for either her triumph or her downfall. It could be her most dynamic asset or her most tragic flaw. (Which?... the lady or the tigress? ten years should tell.)"

Freud has got nothing on her

"I want my daughter to be what I never was - like Daisy. You know, courageous." ...... The ending will make me cry won't it

until now, rampant sexism all around

"The first thing you should do to test your compatibility," said Nassrin, is "dance with him."

"Feel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live, especially to live at this terrible pressure, and the only way to honour and celebrate these admirable beings who are our pride and our inspiration." - Letter from Henry James to Clare Sheridan, a friend whose husband had been killed in WW1

“Gatsby’s loyalty was to his reinvented self, which saw its fulfillment in Daisy’s voice. As Fitzgerald puts it, “No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”” ….. the literary analysis in this memoir is 10/10

Stephen Fry’s narration is truly *chef’s kiss*

“Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren’t having any of those.”…… enough said