We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.
—Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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I think it’s very pretty.
Can it be pretty if no one thinks it’s pretty?
I think it’s pretty.
If you’re the only one?
That’s pretty pretty.
And what about the boys? Don’t you want them to think you’re pretty?
I wouldn’t want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.
—Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.
I am, I am, I am.
—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
That Book Broad 