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Black Swans

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Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark (Magnolia Parks Universe, #5)

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“But then, as I read somewhere recently, narcissists always hurt the one they love the most.”
― Eve Babitz, Black Swans: Stories

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“it seemed much more likely to scald and burn from sex and rage instead.”
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“She'd given love a chance; now she wanted simply to fill the empty spaces. Ease the loneliness while walling off her heart.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

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“I’m always amazed at how books find us at the time we need them, as if there’s some omniscient, benevolent librarian in the sky.”
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