Dear Sappho: A Legacy of Lesbian Love Letters (Kay Turner, Thames & Hudson, 1996)
“Charoula to Judy: Charoula fell in love with Judy at Vassar College in the early 1960s. But Judy was a bit of a butterfly, unable to commit. She had a brief affair with Gail and at the same time introduced Charoula to her. Then Gail and Cheroula became lovers and they have been together ever since, thirty-three years and counting. In 1968, upon hearing The Beatles’ song about aging, Gail wrote to Charoula, “If I love you so much when I am 31, it is impossible to think of the amount and strength when I am 64 …” .”
(Source: lesbianlegacies, via diabeticlesbian)
I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is.
Sylvia Plath
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