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“But it wasn’t enough. Whatever I did, I could not rid my mind of the thought that he didn’t love me. I had no doubt that he liked me and meant me well. But this wasn’t anything even close to love. So harrowing was this thought that it was eating me up inside, gnawing at my body and soul.”

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Book:The Forty Rules of Love

Source: The Forty Rules of Love

“Sometimes family trauma skips a generation altogether and redoubles its hold on the following one. You may encounter grandchildren who silently shoulder the hurts and sufferings of their grandparents.”

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Book:The Island of Missing Trees

Source: The Island of Missing Trees

“She had so much love to give and yet no one demanding it.”

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Book:The Forty Rules of Love

Source: The Forty Rules of Love

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