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Black Cake
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if you wanted someone to keep loving you, you couldn’t ask them to bear all of your burdens, couldn’t risk letting them see all of who you were. No one really wanted to know another person that well.
Archana Menon Nedungadi liked this
“When I was a kid I never won anything and when I mentioned it to my mom she looked up from her book and pointed out that I had once been the youngest person in the entire world. Sure, it was only for a millisecond, but it was a record I’d set without even trying.”
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
“Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.”
― The Rosie Project
― The Rosie Project
“That was the thing about knowing people’s secrets: It could make them not like you.”
― The Murderer's Daughter
― The Murderer's Daughter
“The whole world was crazy; I’d flattered myself by assuming I was a semifinalist.”
― She's Come Undone
― She's Come Undone
“We all get our share of tragedy or insanity or drama, but what we do with that horror is what makes all the difference.”
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
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