Like any parent, I had expectations for my daughter. I expected her to be kind and curious and hardworking. I had hopes for her, too. I hoped she would never feel unloved or disposable. I hoped she had dreams and that she was brave enough
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“Your life is still your life, Lyds. You’re still here, inconveniently breathing, watching the sun go down and the moon come up regardless of whether you think it’s got a damn nerve showing its shiny face every day.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
“It makes assimilation both a failure and a requirement and asks only in return that you adopt the specifically British values of openness and tolerance, which means being open to closed-mindedness and tolerant of intolerance, even if they’re being directed towards your own community;”
― Jew[ish]
― Jew[ish]
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“There are some feelings you will never find words for; you will learn to name them after the ones who gave them to you.”
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“Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”
― Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
― Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
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