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Olive Kitteridge

by Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author)

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Annie Bot

by Sierra Greer (Goodreads Author)

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iole’s Quotes

“Sometimes who you were came down to the small things.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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“People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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“Show her that she does not need to be liked by everyone. Tell her that if someone does not like her, there will be someone else who will. Teach her that she not merely an object to be liked or disliked, she is also a subject who can like and dislike.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

tags: feminism

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“She hadn’t realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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“You didn't just find a self out there waiting. You had to make one. You had to create who you wanted to be.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

tags: finding-yourself

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