“Clothes could not fix what was wrong with me. Something had rotted on the inside, and the stench was too powerful, the core too rancid, to be covered up by mere dressings.”
― Educated
― Educated
“Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were.”
― Educated
― Educated
“Guilt is the fear of one’s own wretchedness. It has nothing to do with other people.”
― Educated
― Educated
“I could tolerate any form of cruelty better than kindness. Praise was a poison to me; I choked on it.”
― Educated
― Educated
“It has never occurred to you,” he said, “that you might have as much right to be here as anyone.”
― Educated
― Educated
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