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Jennie is Currently Reading

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The Coin

by Yasmin Zaher

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Jennie’s Quotes

“There is no greater disappointment than to believe oneself the chosen one and not to be chosen.”
― Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night

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“Nothing can hurt you now, how long was now, how long did the present last?”
― Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night

tags: grief, past, present, trauma

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“For the past five minutes I have been a water lily. Sometimes I become a flower or a moth.”
― Elaine Kraf, The Princess of 72nd Street

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“Right here, right now, I want you to forget two things: he was nothing special, and what happened was not random.”
― Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women

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“I have faith, because nature is the very best example of integration. Things grow differently when they’re damaged, showing us how to occupy strange new ground to bloom red instead of green. We can be found, brighter than before.”
― Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women

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