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“She sat in a classroom of her contemporaries, looking like everything was the same as usual, but inside she was standing in a forest screaming until her heart burst. The trees grew until one day the sunlight could no longer break through the foliage and the darkness in there became impenetrable.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“It's my anger and shame for being born what I am- a girl mean to sacrifice majestic animals like this one, a girl destined to slaughter the boy she'll come to love. I've ached for a better way. I've mourned that there wasn't one.”
― Kathryn Purdie, Bone Crier's Dawn

“Just because someone hurts you doesn't mean you can simply stop loving them.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I've been telling you to start thinking about yourself. Your safety is just as important as everyone else's. He steps up to me, forces my chin up with a finger. "Not to me it isn't. I want to keep you safe. I will always protect you. Please don't be angry for that.”
― Tricia Levenseller, Warrior of the Wild