No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.
MARILYN MONROEPeople had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn’t see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
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I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.
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They will only care when you’re gone.
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Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
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I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn’t see or hear or touch.
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I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.
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All men are the same. They just have different faces so that women differentiate them.
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The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
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I restore myself when I’m alone.
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In spite of everything life is not without hope.
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Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them.
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I don’t forgive people because I’m weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.
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I’ve given myself away, the whole of me, every part.
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Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
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A smile is the best makeup a girl could wear.
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Love in this dying world but the simple word “love” itself already died and went away.
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