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"Oh god, too depressing for my post-move brain. Will cone back to it later." — Apr 09, 2015 07:25PM
"Oh god, too depressing for my post-move brain. Will cone back to it later." — Apr 09, 2015 07:25PM
“There are four things that lead to wisdom. You ready for them?'
She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin.
"They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.”
― Still Life
She nodded, wondering when the police work would begin.
"They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean." Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong'.”
― Still Life
“If the family you came from sucked, make up a new one. Look at all the people there are to choose from. If the family you are in hurts, get on the bus. Like now.”
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― The Chronology of Water
“She was a story, not an epilogue.”
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― Every Heart a Doorway
“It is always easier to find your sense of value by demeaning another’s value. It is easier to define yourself as ‘not that,’ rather than do an actual accounting of your own qualities and put them on the scale.”
― Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
― Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
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― Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
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― Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
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