She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for [him] was actually a tentative, timorous, acceptance of herself. (Arundhati Roy)

She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for [him] was actually a tentative, timorous, acceptance of herself.

Arundhati Roy

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