Women are elephants and watch the way you say that in front of them because they'll think you're calling them fat and there's no coming back from that moment. But they hoard. They say they don't, but they do. We think that if something's not spoken about again, it goes away. It doesn't. Nothing goes away just like that.
Melina MarchettaPeople arenโt interested in the truth, Dafar. Theyโre interested in what keeps them safe. Theyโre interested in being looked after. Theyโre interested in a tale being spun... Mighty men have moments of great despair that common people do not want to know about.
Melina MarchettaWhat do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.
Melina MarchettaYou know what? You didn't do anything wrong. I did. It's this dumb thing I do. I look into things and see more than I'm supposed to.
Melina MarchettaAnd at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for. He wished that he had never met any of them.
Melina MarchettaOh, you're one of those,' the princess said. 'One of what?' 'One of those who needs to be told their worth over and over by others. Do you know who tells me my worth, Phaedra of Alonso?' The princess pointed a hard finger at her own chest. 'Me. I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others I'd have lain down and died waiting.
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