I had had the job for three weeks. It was dreary. You couldn't read; they didn't like it. I would feel as if I were drugged, sitting there, watching those damned dolls, thinking what a success they would have made of their lives if they had been women. Satin skin, silk hair, velvet eyes, sawdust heart - all complete.

~ Jean Rhys

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And I didn't think even eternity would be long enough to fix me.

~ Sarah J. Maas

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