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“After fools wage their battles, it is the rats that rule the fields and towns.”
“it should be me for valedictorian. I’ve worked extremely hard these last four years and…and…when is the last time the school has had a valedictorian who was not only a woman, but Black and Korean? I think I—”
― You Bet Your Heart
― You Bet Your Heart
“And there’s nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.”
― Shadow and Bone
― Shadow and Bone
“Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.”
― The Beginning of Everything
― The Beginning of Everything
“Furthermore, because so many conversations surrounding mental health come at the topic from a white, male, suburban, middle-class, cisgender perspective,”
― Ab[solutely] Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
― Ab[solutely] Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes
“Wouldn’t she want that? For me to ad-lib my life instead of living by some typed-in-twelve-point-Courier-New script?”
― Better Than the Movies
― Better Than the Movies
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