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“In the bathroom, the ones who’d wanted to be Marcela’s friends told us it was impossible because she didn’t talk. She listened to them but never answered, and she stared at them so intently that it scared them.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire

“I just turned eleven. I like eleven more than ten. Ten felt very IMPORTANT. (She underlined the word important three times.) Eleven feels more manageable.”
― Katrina Leno, Horrid

“Next week, and a splendid ball. One of those balls where one always enjoys oneself.
Why, are there balls where one always enjoys oneself? Anna said, with tender irony.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“I don’t want you learning to be like me. But I don’t know how to teach you to be anyone different.”
― Ashley Audrain, The Push