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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, April -August, 1942
1942-07-08 Page 6
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the dictates of nature. Until then she's like an unsupported vine, obliged to fall back on her inadequate self. Being bound gives a feeling of security and of having found your place in life. It's a focal point for your dreams and thoughts and plans. Perhaps other women don't all feel that way. I've been told they resent being left to their own resources, to being obliged to forego other boy-friends, dates, shows, trips--which would be no fun to me without you. I could be entirely contented in the knowledge of belonging. Later I'm home for the afternoon; I sit here staring at a blank sheet in
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the dictates of nature. Until then she's like an unsupported vine, obliged to fall back on her inadequate self. Being bound gives a feeling of security and of having found your place in life. It's a focal point for your dreams and thoughts and plans. Perhaps other women don't all feel that way. I've been told they resent being left to their own resources, to being obliged to forego other boy-friends, dates, shows, trips--which would be no fun to me without you. I could be entirely contented in the knowledge of belonging. Later I'm home for the afternoon; I sit here staring at a blank sheet in
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