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Wiser Words Were Never Spoken

9 January 2015 • Kimberly • Leave a Comment

“Even if we’re continually tempted to lower our guard—for love or weariness, for sympathy or kindness—we women shouldn’t do it. We can lose from one moment to the next everything that we’ve achieved.”

—Elena Ferrante, as told to NYT

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Read “Elena Ferrante, Author of Naples Novels, Stays Mysterious,” here.

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Filed Under: Advice, Feminism, Philosophy Tagged with: Bookshelf, Elena Ferrante, Girl Talk, Pearls of Wisdom, Quotes

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