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“I was suffering from the delusion that it's the thought that counts.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.”
― Catch-22
― Catch-22
“Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze me. I am amazed when I drop a glove in the street and a teenager runs two blocks to return it. I am amazed when a checkout girl flashes me a wide smile with my change, though my own face had been a mask of expedience. Lost wallets posted to their owners, strangers who furnish meticulous directions, neighbors who water each other's houseplants - these things amaze me.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“The lie isn’t that we can’t be their equals. The lie is that they were ever anything but our equals.”
― The Fires of Vengeance
― The Fires of Vengeance
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