The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which… — Quoted

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“The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.”

Anita Brookner · Romantic

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Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

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Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

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Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

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Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

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