It isn’t too smart for a girl to be smart, her mom had always said. So she just made herself very, very small.
“If you want to call attention to your good deed then it isn't a good deed, it's a self-serving one. Why? Not only have you patted yourself on the back but you're fishing for others to do the same.”
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“It's still there- my own heart, cobbled together and a little worse for wear- but it's definitely not all beat out.”
― The Smell of Other People's Houses
― The Smell of Other People's Houses
“In a world of flowers grown in pots, I'd like you girls to thrive in the wild.”
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“All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.”
― Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
― Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
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