MenThey hail you as their morning star Because you are the way you are. If you return the sentiment, They'll try to make you different; And once they have you, safe and sound, They want to change you all around. Your moods and ways they put a curse on; They'd make of you another person. They cannot let you go your gait; They influence and educate. They'd alter all that they admired. They make me sick, they make me tired.Dorothy Parker
About This Quote
This poem is about how some people are mean to people just because they are different, instead of appreciating us for who we are. This happens with the way people look at love. They treat love as something special and unique, but when you have a love that’s not so special, they will try to change it. Sometimes they try to make you different so that it seems like you don’t have the same feelings for them anymore.
It looks like you don’t love them the same way that you used to. They may tell you that they deserve better or that you should change for them.
Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker
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