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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)

by Octavia E. Butler

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Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk

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Jody’s Quotes

“Before there is science, there are stories to explain the world. They make it happier somehow.”
― Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

tags: happiness, storytelling, the-world-around-us

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“It’s a sad moment when you come to understand how truly replaceable you are.”
― Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

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“No, life didn't always go how you thought it might.
Sometimes it didn't make any sense at all.
You've just got to find a way to live there anyway...”
― Patrick Ness, More Than This

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“Love is not weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
― Georgia Scott, American Girl: Memories That Made Me

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“Seth,” she says, “wherever you are, it’s okay. You can come back from it. Whatever happened to you down there, whatever the world looks like now, that’s not how it always looks. That’s not how it’s always going to look. There’s more. There’s always more. Whatever you see, wherever you are, we’re still here with you. Me and Tommy.”
― Patrick Ness, More Than This

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