There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life. - Emma Forrest

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By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

Emma Forrest

There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.

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I'm in love with someone good and kind and gentle, and he's seen the darkness too, but somehow we've become each other's light.

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