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“A fog of despair so pervaded the ghetto that the smallest gesture of rebellion could seem like a bold, piercing light. Bad, said with a fond expression, was almost always a compliment.”
― Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
― Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
“Ah! Mother, Mother! You still think I am a child - why can I not put my head in your lap and weep? Why have I always to be strong and self-controlled? I would like to weep and be comforted too, indeed I am little more than a child; in the wardrobe still hang short, boy's trousers - it is such a little time ago, why is it over?”
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“I'm a good girl. I am pretty. I am always happy-go-lucky.”
― Only Ever Yours
― Only Ever Yours
“We have never had a class on how to say no to men while simultaneously never saying no to them.”
― Only Ever Yours
― Only Ever Yours
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Jen’s 2025 Year in Books
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