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“I wish for my child, for all our children, a world where they can be who they are and become their most loved, blessed, appreciated selves.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

“For my child, for all our children, I want more options, more paths through the woods, wider ranges of normal, and unconditional love.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. —NELSON MANDELA, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM”
― Jodi Picoult, Small Great Things

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“I've given you a power over me that you do not deserve.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“But maybe I’ll end up doing something else unconventional. Who knows. And I really hope that if I do, and as long as I’m not hurting anyone or doing anything, like, illegal, that everyone would accept it, you know, just carry on loving me anyway.”
― Lisa Jewell, The House We Grew Up In

“The real trick is you have to forge your way straight ahead through the trees where there is no path.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“She doesn't have a mother anymore. There's no one to whom she's the most important person in the world.”
― Alice Hoffman, Faithful

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Maybe however much you’ve loved someone, that’s how much you can hate. It’s like a pocket turned inside out. It stands to reason that the opposite should be true, too.”
― Jodi Picoult

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

“Diversity is a flower that blooms with greater beauty and greater strength each time it is cross-pollinated.”
― K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars

“Why is Nana's house so messy?', she asked after an incongruous moment. Vicky smiled. Ah, well you see, your Nana is a very special lady. She's really quite magical, you know. And when she looks at the world, she sees it in a very special way, like it's a party bag or a toy shop, and she likes to keep bits of it, and she feels sad when she throws things away.”
― Lisa Jewell, The House We Grew Up In

“the individual has the key to change themselves. It’s buried deep inside each and every one of us and although someone else can help us to find the key, we’re the only ones who can use it. And there,”
― Lisa Jewell, The House We Grew Up In

“Sometimes we die a little so we can be reborn, stronger than we were before.”
― Minka Kent, The Perfect Roommate

“Sometimes things turn out for the best. And when you end up in the right place, it's not always helpful to go digging up the road that got you there.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“It was funny how high and bright the red flags flew in hindsight,”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“It just goes to show you: every baby is born beautiful.
It's what we project on them that makes them ugly.”
― Jodi Picoult, Small Great Things

“But I’m even more cautious with the white ones in the pickup trucks with Confederate flags hanging in the back windows. Because I used to be who they are, and I know what they are capable of.”
― Jodi Picoult, Small Great Things

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“There weren't any feelings of resentment or letting down, anymore, when I thought of my mother. She had chosen her family and now I had mine, end of that story.”
― Eryn Scott, A Chance for Sunny Skies

“I'm tired of hearing about all these fucked-up white people who did a bunch of fucked-up stuff, yet people wanna call them heroes”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“Loving you isn't enough. Being hard on you isn't enough. I haven't been enough.”
― Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose

“An eight-hour flight, and there’s no movie,” I say to myself, glaring at the screenless seat back in front of me. “Maybe they’re hoping your life flashing in front of your eyes will be distraction enough.”
― Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners

“love is exhausting.”
― Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners

“It's the strangest feeling to be proud simply because I'm taking care of me and mine. Is this what it's like to grow up?”
― Christina Lauren, The Unhoneymooners