“The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.”
Unspecified edition, p. 424.
Source: On Beauty (2005)
“Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.”
As quoted in Why Men Fall Out of Love : The Secrets They Don't Tell (2005) by Michael French, p. 142
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writer of novels, short stories, and erotica 1903–1977Related quotes
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