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“Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.”
― Dolly Parton

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“But maybe a man was nothing but a man, which is what Baby Suggs always said. They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely that was, they studied your scars and tribulations, after which they did what he had done: ran her children out and tore up the house.

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A man ain't nothing but a man,' said Baby Suggs. 'But a son? Well now, that's somebody.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“You can love more than one person, she said. That's arguable. Why is it any different from having more than one friend? You're friends with me and you also have other friends, does that mean you don't really value me? I don't have other friends, I said.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends