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“That was the problem with coming home: you also had to come to the self which resided there.”
― Girl A
― Girl A
“No one would look at the seams that held me together and guess that they were scars.”
― The Echo Wife
― The Echo Wife
“You don’t need a long lifetime to make an impact on this world. You just need the will to do so.”
― The Measure
― The Measure
“The human race settles on terms with every plague in the end, the doctor told her. Or a stalemate, at the least. We somehow muddle along, sharing the earth with each new form of life.”
― The Pull of the Stars
― The Pull of the Stars
“I also learned, from a young age, that I did not walk on the ground—but on a narrow network of invisible ropes, suspended above the earth. I had to navigate them carefully, trying not to slip or fall. Certain aspects of my personality were offensive, it seemed. I had terrible secrets to hide—even I didn’t know what they were. My”
― The Maidens
― The Maidens
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