I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want.
Darcey SteinkeThe problem with being a modern woman, I thought, as the front door swung wide, is that you have to pretend to be stronger than you are.
Darcey SteinkeAs a child I made a pact with my mother. I agreed that we were doomed, that she and I abided together in a cocoon of melancholy.
Darcey Steinke