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Ruth is nothing if not eclectic in her tastes. She has a particular fondness for children’s books about ballet or horse-riding, neither of which she has ever tried.
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“I wonder’ – Petrova looked up - ‘If other girls had to be one of us, which of us they’d choose to be?”
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“There are supposed to be endorphins or whatever that make you feel great when you exercise. I don't think I have any, because I only feel great when I'm lying on the sofa reading a book, possibly while simultaneously eating biscuits.”
― A Murder of Magpies
― A Murder of Magpies
“Twelve shillings for your sister's skates, and two shillings for your dreams.”
― Skating Shoes
― Skating Shoes
“I was eleven, the idea of two identical digits in my age still new and spectacular and heartbreaking. The girls must have felt this. They must have known. Where had ten, nine, eight, and seven gone?”
― Another Brooklyn
― Another Brooklyn
“Every time my head hit the pillow, I wondered why I had ever left my bed in the first place.”
― Like It Never Happened
― Like It Never Happened
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