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She feels, too, unbelievably tired, stymied by gravity; so much of motherhood has, for her, been this particular feeling, abject disbelief that she’s not only expected but obligated to do one more thing.
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.”
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Alexander Pope
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“The words with which a child’s heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

Philip Roth
“You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature.”
Philip Roth, American Pastoral

Philip Roth
“He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.”
Philip Roth, American Pastoral

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