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“What they fail to understand is that there's something very liberating about it; once you realize that you don't need anyone, you can take care of yourself. That's the thing: it's best just to take care of yourself. You can't protect other people, however hard you try. You try, and you fail, and your world collapses atound you, burns down to ashes.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

“What if knowing the truth were to hurt more than the longing?”
― Charmaine Wilkerson

“If you don't see someone out there who looks like you, you need to go for it, anyway.”
― Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake

“You should be predictable and then do something "unpredictable”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid