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“There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance.”
― The Mermaid Chair
― The Mermaid Chair
“I could even feel how perishable all my moments really were, how all my life they had come to me begging to be lived, to be cherished even.”
― The Mermaid Chair
― The Mermaid Chair
“The bottom line is that we never fall for the people we're supposed to.”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper
“If you aren't giving people something to talk about, you've become too dull.”
― The Mermaid Chair
― The Mermaid Chair
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