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How can she expect her children to dream as big as the stars if they can’t lift their heads to gaze upon them? Malorie doesn’t know the answer.
“Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.”
― Changes
― Changes
“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.”
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“Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar.
Art consists of the persistence of memory.”
― Misery
Art consists of the persistence of memory.”
― Misery
“She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there--like an astronaut wandering about on the moon. Alone.”
― Bridge to Terabithia
― Bridge to Terabithia
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