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first of all—stranded due to snow? We’re barely on first-name terms with sleet in England,
“Freedom should be freeing, but that doesn't mean it can't be heartbreaking.”
― The First to Die at the End
― The First to Die at the End
“Nothing extraordinary is ever done out of reason or logic, but because it’s the only way for your soul to breathe.”
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
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“I would propose that to worry people are desensitized is to assume the jurors, and most people, were ever sensitive to Black pain to begin with.”
― You Got Anything Stronger?
― You Got Anything Stronger?
“But it only takes a doubt. A drop of ink falls into a clear glass of water and clouds the whole thing. So the moment after I realised I wasn't perfectly well was the moment I realised I was still very ill indeed.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
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