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Wow, what abject honesty. Thanks for sharing this amazing letter.

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She seems to be so aware of both her own and his personality. I like this kind of awareness and the courage to speak of it.

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I adore this! I feel every ounce of her grief, desperation, passion, and suffering. A superb letter.

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Heavens. The p.s. stripped away her brave defence. Amazing. Thanks for a brilliant, moving post. Love this publication.

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In conclusion, H.G. Wells WAS proof that male partners are nothing BUT pretenders and Rebecca West WAS proof that female partners are overall innocent victims in the end.

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The human condition is messy, fraught with emotion, love, passion, jealousy, rejection. Not everyone can have equanimity all the time. And sometimes out of the messiness rises something of beauty.

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