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― We Should All Be Feminists
“No good thing renders its possessor happy, unless his mind is reconciled to the possibility of loss.”
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“No one picks a friend for us; we come together by choice. We are not tied together through ceremony or the responsibility to create a son; we tie ourselves together through moments. The spark when we first meet. Laughter and tears shared. Secrets packed away to be treasured, hoarded, and protected. The wonder that someone can be so different from you and yet still understand your heart in a way no one else will.”
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― The Island of Sea Women
“The deepest sorrow, he thought. Where the only way to survive is to excavate everything.”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
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