It is true that I suffered in a difficult and stupid love affair and that I worked at one bad job after another to try to keep myself going. Nevertheless, I remember that time as extraordinary, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I don't even wish now that I had more money. And had I been asked if I was suffering at the time, I would have said a defiant no. Siri Hustvedt
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The power of positive thinking is great. It can turn a life full of sadness and regret into one full of happiness and excitement. At the time when I was in a hopeless relationship with an unappreciative man, I thought that my life was over. I was in my mid-twenties and had given up on men and love.

Now one day I woke up and decided to start believing again. I decided to believe that I would find someone who would appreciate my beauty and intelligence and who wouldn't leave me for a younger woman. It took me many years to be able to believe it, but today I know that I am right.

Source: A Plea For Eros: Essays

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