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“You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“Well, I don't have the joys of motherhood," Geeta said after the women were emptied of excuses. Her voice was patient, but her smile was feral. "But I do have the joys of sleep and money.”
― The Bandit Queens
― The Bandit Queens
“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”
― True Love
― True Love
“She wasn't respected here, but she was feared, and fear had been very kind to Geeta.”
― The Bandit Queens
― The Bandit Queens
“I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
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