And even though I knew in my head there’s nothing a man can do that a woman can’t, I also knew in my heart we can’t help doing it for different reasons. And just like a man will never understand exactly how a woman feels when she has a baby, or an orgasm, or the reasons why she’ll fight so hard to be loved, a woman can’t know in what way a man satisfies himself, what question he answers for himself, when he looks right at death. Pam Houston
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You can't help doing it for different reasons. You can't help doing things for different reasons, because you are both different. I know that at times I can be strong inside and mean outside, but inside I am weak and I am dark. There are many things about me you will never understand.

It's good that you don't, because these are the things that make me the person I am. We are each different, you can't understand me. You can't understand how it feels to be me.

And even though you think you know me, deep down inside, you don't know me at all.

Source: Cowboys Are My Weakness

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