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“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“One can forgive but one should never forget.”
― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood