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“Today’s young people want to know everything about everyone. They think talking about a problem will solve it. I come from a quieter generation. We understand the value of forgetting, the lure of reinvention.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“She has a steel exterior, but it protects a candyfloss heart.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“I am a mother and mothers don’t have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“Some stories don’t have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“She wanted to bottle how safe she felt in this moment, so she could drink of it later when loneliness and fear left her parched.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
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