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Modern Classics Simone Weil an Anthology (Penguin Modern Classics) by Simone Weil (2005-11-29)

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“He was not his father. He'd thought he walked a narrow line, at any moment ready to tip into likeness. But the line wasn't narrow after all. It was a great, uncrossable chasm.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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“She's been given a life, but she has somehow failed to spend it.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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“Because sometimes their need to please previous generations is greater than their need to love future ones.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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“And it may seem now like it’s someone else’s children, but there’s no such thing as someone else’s children.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

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“Mehri has always treated parenting like she’s cooking a big warming pan of something: a pinch of that, a pinch of this, she’s sure it will turn out fine in the end. Cora’s own approach has always felt more like baking a cake: carefully measuring out ingredients and trying not to ruin everything. She admires Mehri’s way.”
― Florence Knapp, The Names

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