“Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships”
Source: You Know You Love Me
“But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses”
Source: A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
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