“I wonder if we have to suspend our sharpness to love someone, to give ourselves that fuzzy gentleness that is so necessary. I mean, I don’t think we have to use the smart part of ourselves to love. Does that mean we suspend our judgment when we love someone? I think so, and I think that is why it is so hard for the watchful to love.” “That’s lust you’re describing,” he said” Strings AttachedGay WalleyVenus As She AgesJacqueline Gay Walley Author:Jacqueline Gay Walley
“Mira sat down across from her. ‘The thing about ending up old, broke, alone is you feel so stupid. But it’s not like one had a choice. The real tragedy is if you could not put yourself forward in youth . . . you pay . . . now. Thus you pay young and you pay old. In the middle you run around with your head cut off.’ Lucia looked down at her newspaper. ‘Your real problem is you have a boyfriend who doesn’t want to kiss you.’ Mira ignored that. ‘What I like about your book, by the way, is that it’s vulnerable. And risky. And you just keep going. That is what I like so much. You just kept going.” MagnetismGay WalleyVenus As She AgesJacqueline Gay Walley Book:Magnetism (Book 6) Venus as She Ages Collection Source: Magnetism (Book 6) Venus as She Ages Collection