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01Undated

When everything is available, nothing is ever enough.

Emma Woolf / quote

02Undated

No one can turn back the clock. Lie about your age if you want, but we're all going in the same direction.

Emma Woolf / quote

03Undated

The notion that life could be any different - that it could be better - becomes inconceivable. You forget how good it was to be normal. Worst of all, you come to believe that you prefer it this way.

Emma Woolf / quote

04Undated

A suicide is tragic because nothing interrupted it.

Emma Woolf / quote

05Undated

Basically, when it comes to women, both aging and eating are somehow shameful.

Emma Woolf / quote