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“Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqu."[Letter to Armand Barbs, 12 May 1867]”
“People want things to be complicated, but they have to love themselves first and then each other and then it will seed everywhere”
“History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.”
“Why was he drawn to complicated women, or were all women--all people, finally--complicated?”
“I need some space.""Because of my past?""No, because of mine. When I'm around you I feel like I'm falling. I need to stop before I smash into the ground.""Are you always so honest?""No. Mostly I'm ...”
“I, myself, love complications and mystery which I didn't notice that I had become one.”
“She remained silent. There was nothing left to say. He'd said it all the night before. He had to end it. He could never leave his wife. And, in fact, she had known this. Although she loved him - an...”
“You selfish bitch!"She had known for a long time that putting her needs above those of Adam's wife and children was indeed selfish. She had no real answer to the accusation thrown at her."I'm sorry...”
“I thought he'd pick me, I know he has kids, but when it came down to it, I really thought he'd pick me."Tears rolled down her face and her nose ran. She sniffed."I know I'm selfish""You're human""I...”
“There are no snares more dangerous than those which lurk under the guise of duty or the name of relationship.”
“He's completely complicated. And lost. And frustrating. But we do something for each other. . . . We fit. We need each other.”
“We get most of our energy from complications.”
“Sierra couldnt afford complications, not in her position, but the way he flirted with her and teased had amped her touch hunger to a deafening roar.”
“Staying married to one person was boring. She figured she was too complicated for that. Interesting people had complicated lives.”
“Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.”
“Her stomach lurches. She fancies him sooo much - she is powerless to resist. How can she possibly? She knows it's wrong: he has a girlfriend - he lives with her, for goodness' sake - and what they'...”
“Over complication only confuses the essence of things.”
“Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqué."[Letter to Armand Barbès, 12 May 1867]”
“Sierra couldn’t afford complications, not in her position, but the way he flirted with her and teased had amped her touch hunger to a deafening roar.”
