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98756c2
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I know girls aren't supposed to tell, but I've got to tell--just in case you should fail to love me because you never knew how much I loved you. I want not to have to say later--I wish I'd told him.
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declaration-of-love
gender-roles
henry-and-cato
if-only
iris-murdoch
love
romance
romantic-love
unrequited-love
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Iris Murdoch |
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6c00b72
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And suffering we know breeds images, it breeds the most beautiful images of all.
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contradictory
contrasting
henry-and-cato
images
inspiration
iris-murdoch
juxtaposition
suffering
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Iris Murdoch |
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6ed5b79
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You're doing your thing, why can't I do my thing? I must be me even if I suffer for it.
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henry-and-cato
identity
iris-murdoch
self
self-expression
suffer
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Iris Murdoch |
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c4f14e4
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You see, nobody cares about me except you. You don't know what that's like. You've always had people who cared. You've always had . I've never had anybody. No wonder I feel frustrated.
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frustrated
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
lonely
unloved
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Iris Murdoch |
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08af27f
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I want you to be able to me, and as my love for you is so much of me (all of me, making me more than myself) then you must see that too.
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henry-and-cato
identity
iris-murdoch
love
seen
self
the-beloved
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Iris Murdoch |
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507f705
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I can't tell you--oh I can't tell you--how awful--how sort of unlivable--everything is now--like a great black wall in front of me--Something's got to smash.
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change
depression
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
simile
unbearable
unlivable
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Iris Murdoch |
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e74d8b4
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Tell her I was young once and star-bright Who am now invisible . . .
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henry-and-cato
invisible
iris-murdoch
poetry
young
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Iris Murdoch |