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“You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.”
― After You
― After You
“But I can now understand why people read, why they like to get lost in somebody else's life. Sometimes I'll read a sentence and it will make me sit up, jolt me, because it is something that I have recently felt but never said out loud. I want to reach into the page and tell the characters that I understand them, that they're not alone, that I'm not alone, that it's ok to feel like this. And then the lunch bell rings, the book closes, and I'm plunged back into reality.”
― Flawed
― Flawed
“I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without something buoying them up.”
― Rose Under Fire
― Rose Under Fire
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