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"My local bookstore finally has it in stock(a year and a half after publishing) and it is gorgeous! I'm excited to see how its changed from Turn of The Story which I read in 2013 when that was a thing on Sarah's blog. I expect this too be 5 stars" — Jan 06, 2019 01:08PM
"My local bookstore finally has it in stock(a year and a half after publishing) and it is gorgeous! I'm excited to see how its changed from Turn of The Story which I read in 2013 when that was a thing on Sarah's blog. I expect this too be 5 stars" — Jan 06, 2019 01:08PM
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"This book is both gruesomely dark and beautifully written. All the characters are extremely fucked up yet also compelling. It's a 5 star book so far" — Mar 11, 2017 02:48PM
"This book is both gruesomely dark and beautifully written. All the characters are extremely fucked up yet also compelling. It's a 5 star book so far" — Mar 11, 2017 02:48PM
“Republicans persuaded whites in places like West Virginia to vote against their economic interests by appealing to them on cultural issues— in other words, “gays, guns, and God.”
― What Happened
― What Happened
“It's impossible to let go of the people we love. Pieces of them remain embedded inside of us like shrapnel. Every breath causes those fragments to burrow through our muscles, nearer to our hearts. And we think the pain will kill us, but it won't. Eventually, scar tissue forms around those twisted splinters like cocoons. They remain part of us, but slowly hurt less.”
― At the Edge of the Universe
― At the Edge of the Universe
“For a candidate, a leader, or anyone, really, the question is not “Are you flawed?” It’s “What do you do about your flaws?” Do you learn from your mistakes so you can do and be better in the future? Or do you reject the hard work of self-improvement and instead tear others down so you can assert they’re as bad or worse than you are?”
― What Happened
― What Happened
“That was some weird shit,” George W. reportedly said with characteristic Texas bluntness. I couldn’t have agreed more.”
― What Happened
― What Happened
“Philippe took his character study very seriously, including the physicality. Trump looms and lurks on a debate stage, so Philippe did too, always hanging out on the edge of my peripheral vision. He wore a suit like Trump’s (a little baggy), a tie like Trump’s (way too long), and actual Trump-brand cuff links and a Trump-brand watch he found on eBay. He wore three-and-a-half-inch shoe heighteners, flailed his arms like Trump, shrugged and mugged like Trump. I didn’t know whether to applaud or fire him.”
― What Happened
― What Happened
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