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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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romance
love
if-only
declaration-of-love
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
romantic-love
gender-roles
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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suffering
inspiration
contradictory
contrasting
juxtaposition
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
images
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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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identity
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
self-expression
self
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
unloved
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
lonely
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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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identity
love
the-beloved
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
seen
self
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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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simile
depression
change
unbearable
unlivable
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
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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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poetry
henry-and-cato
iris-murdoch
invisible
young
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Iris Murdoch |