“If you want a woman to be happy for five years, give her a husband. If you want a woman to be happy for ten years, give her a dog. If you want a woman to be happy for a lifetime, give her a garden. Or in my case, a huge park to take care
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“...because some books won't come directly to you; they go through someone who loves you.”
― Vagabonds!
― Vagabonds!

“Isn't that what apologies are? Acknowledgment of guilt and shame. And the other person takes your wrongdoing and agrees to carry it and le t you be human again. That's why I don't believe weak people can forgive. What you're going to do when a weak person forgives you? They can't harm you, they can't take anything from you. Forgiveness from the weak is just words. Forgiveness, real forgiveness, requires the other person to remember, not to forget. When people forget the reason they forgave, the forgiven forget to earn their forgiveness.”
― The Eternal Audience of One
― The Eternal Audience of One
“What I will also say is that women are magicians. I don't mean magic like the kind you were warned to avoid, I mean magic as in spinning story as lifeline, as in turning a wound into a star, as in holding an apocalypse in your core and smiling believably.”
― Vagabonds!
― Vagabonds!

“It's easy to live and work with someone when you don't owe them an apology. But when you apologize for the fucked up shit you did then you need to carry the guilt and the shame.”
― The Eternal Audience of One
― The Eternal Audience of One

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