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“I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn’t do at all.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.”
― The Secret Garden
― The Secret Garden
“Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
“The thing to remember when you're writing is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader.”
― The Blue Girl
― The Blue Girl
“The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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