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“Lonely was the first flavor I had tasted in my life, and it was always there, hidden inside the crevices of my mouth, reminding me.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“I kept thinking how the five of us had had a really unhealthy family, but I saw then too how our roots were twisted so tenaciously around one another’s hearts.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“But the books brought me things. This is my point. They made me feel less alone.”
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
― My Name Is Lucy Barton
“You have to grow about eight hundred grapes to get just one bottle of wine. If that isn’t an argument to finish the bottle, I don’t know what is. —Anonymous”
― Eight Hundred Grapes
― Eight Hundred Grapes
“Dan: Finn and Bobby are fighting over the wrong thing. But at least they're fighting.
Georgia: And how is that good?
Dan: Because that's the only way to get somewhere better. If you fight, you work it out. If you don't fight, you move into your own corners, and nothing gets decided there”
― Eight Hundred Grapes
Georgia: And how is that good?
Dan: Because that's the only way to get somewhere better. If you fight, you work it out. If you don't fight, you move into your own corners, and nothing gets decided there”
― Eight Hundred Grapes
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