She emptied herself of Fabio and of herself, of all the useless efforts she had made to get where she was and find nothing there. With detached curiosity she observed the rebirth of her weaknesses, her obsessions. This time she would let them decide, since she hadn't been able to do anything anyway. Against certain parts of yourself you remain powerless, she said to herself, as she regressed pleasurably to the time when she was a girl. . Paolo Giordano
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The quote above is from the novel, "The Object of My Affection" by Meg Wolitzer. The book is about a thirty year old woman who decides to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a nun. However, what the woman doesn't realize is that she does not have the strength to be a nun. At the end of the book, this woman becomes suicidal and feels that she has nothing left to live for.

This is when she realizes that she doesn't matter anymore in life. This realization leads her to take her own life in order to end all of her pain.

Source: The Solitude Of Prime Numbers

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