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Claire Hennessy

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	Nothing Tastes as Good 3.61 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Goodnight Nobody

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Being Various: New Irish Short Stories

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“I don't think you should shape yourself for a boy, or anyone else. I didn't. You need to know deep down, in your own truest self, that you are more powerful when you're not lugging around all that flab. You are in control. You are strong. You are glorious.”
― Claire Hennessy, Nothing Tastes as Good

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“I had good intentions once upon a time. Well, September.”
― Claire Hennessy, Big Picture

tags: academics, teenage-girl, young-adult-fiction

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“There are certain things we owe our little sisters.”
― Claire Hennessy, Nothing Tastes as Good

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything.”
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“It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as hope.”
― Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys