Terry McMillan - Waiting to Exhale (1992)

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I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.

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They say love is a two-way street. But I don't believe it, because the one I've been on for the last two years was a dirt road.

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It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

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I remember the day I turned thirty. I was getting out of the shower and I stood in front of the mirror and stared at myself for a long time. I examined every inch of my body and appreciated the fact that I finally looked like a grown woman. I also assumed that this was how I was going to look for the rest of my life. The way I saw it, I was never going to age; I'd just look up one day and be old.

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I worry about if and when I'll ever find the right man, if I'll ever be able to exhale.

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