For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me

Lisa See
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For my entire life I longed for love. I knew it was not right for me — as a girl and later as a woman — to want or expect it, but I did, and this unjustified desire has been at the root of every problem I have experienced in my life. ✨ Lisa See (2011). Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, p.1, A&C Black
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