I was sufficiently detached to observe how much love feeds upon jealousy, for as a woman out of my reach yet in my arms, she became ten times more desirable, more necessary.
— Lawrence Durrell, Justine
chagrin: Hadley Hudson
That’s the power of these stories. We need them because the dominant narrative (Abortion is traumatic! It’s emotionally depleting! It’s crushing and sad and conflicted!) that exists in the social imagination doesn’t have much in common with the reality of the experience.
(via retrosexy)
