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“I had a sudden urge of anger. I couldn't stand it anymore, being asked to accept that I had no control over who left me, over our lives. There had to be something that I could do.”
― Fans of the Impossible Life
― Fans of the Impossible Life
“They think schools stop you from learning,' I said. 'They think schools try to make everybody just the same.”
― Skellig
― Skellig
“I wasn't in control of it. I can't control life. The only thing I can do is open myself up and accept everything it throws at me, wholeheartedly. Defiantly. I don't get to quit, not when so many other people didn't even get the chance.”
― Out of Control
― Out of Control
“My mother educates me," she said. "We believe that schools inhibit the natural curiosity, creativity and intelligence of children. The mind needs to be opened out into the word, not shuttered down inside a gloomy classroom.”
― Skellig
― Skellig
“Her room only really provided a safe space to fall apart. The falling apart was inevitable. With the door closed against the outside world she could stop pretending that she was any good at basic functioning. She and life didn't always seem to like each other much. But her room only really provided a safe space to fall apart. The falling apart was inevitable. With the door closed against the outside world she could stop pretending that she was any good at basic functioning.
She and life didn't always seem to like each other much. It was nice to be able to admit it.”
― Fans of the Impossible Life
She and life didn't always seem to like each other much. It was nice to be able to admit it.”
― Fans of the Impossible Life
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