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Category: Anna Godbersen

Before her angry impulses got the better of her, she admonished herself that she was born to win and that one did not win by throwing temper tantrums–at least not outside of one’s own home, which could result in vicious, spurious rumors.

anger-management, anna-godbersen, envy, luxe, mgg, winning

One did not win by throwing temper tantrums.

anna-godbersen, envy, luxe, mgg, winning

As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red.

clothing, colors, fashion, red

What was it about that short creature with her wild hair and spurious air of purity and why would anyone much less two men love her and to such disastrous ends.

jealousy, love, rude

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.

dance, gentlemen, paraphrased, universal-truths

Good girls hold their heads high by daylight, Their grace and their virtue soaring with kites,While bad girls slink along in their shame-Everyone stares at them, everyone blames.But those bad girls sleep soundly at night,Ne’er do their consciences wake them in a fright,While our good girls toss and they turn-They lay awake for those who will burn.

bad-girls, conscience, good-girls, virtue

Things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

conscience, wrongdoing

The living are made of nothing but flaws. The dead, with each passing day in the afterlife, become more and more impeccable to those who remain earthbound.

All really interesting girls invent themselves.

girls, interesting

So this was betrayal. It was like being left alone in the desert at dusk without water or warmth. It left your mouth dry and will broken. It sapped your tears and made you hollow.

Instead, he sat in the parlor of his family’s Fifth Avenue mansion, growing older by the minute just like everybody else.

She now saw that she wanted a boy to do more than follow her in blind devotion. She wanted a boy to challenge her, to tell her about things she’d never thought of, to show her new points of view.

boys, challenge, couple, devotion, girl, inspirational, letting-go, love, more, moving-on, new, new-york-city, point-of-view, relationships, romance, teen