"The problem with being a modern woman, I……" — Darcey Steinke
"The 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."
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8 Quotes by Darcey Steinke
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I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want.
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Everything was new, now I’m a junkie, I seem to need more severe doses of experience to feel anything.
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You’ll see, there are a million ways to kill off the soft parts of yourself.
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