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All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby (Goodreads Author)

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Sep 17, 2026 08:04PM

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The Better Half by Alli Frank

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In our home there was one thing my immigrant parents were convinced of: that their children were capable of high achievement.

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“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
― D.H. Lawrence, The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence

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