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“Well, yes. I definitely consider myself to be your one that got away.”
― Binge
― Binge
“The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.”
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“You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.”
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“When I was in my single digits, I was subjected to the worst torture you can possibly inflict on a child: Catholic mass.”
― Binge
― Binge
“Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
Dixie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dixie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,164 books
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137 friends
498 books
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414 friends
3,109 books
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164 friends
587 books
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48 friends
257 books
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74 friends
792 books
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373 friends
38 books
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11 friends
61 books
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89 friends
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