I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways.
Marian KeyesRelationship gurus always said that an attraction based on friendship and mutual respect was far more likely to stay the course - and the bastards were right.
Marian Keyeswhy can't we love the right people? what is so wrong with us that we rush into situations to which we are manifestly unsuited, which will hurt us and others? why are we given emotions which we cannot control and which move in exact contradiction to what we really want? we are walking conflicts, internal battles on legs.
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