Hangsaman
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She brought herself away from the disagreebly clinging thought by her usual method—imagining the sweet sharp sensation of being burned alive—and turned expectantly to her father.
“To want is to have a weakness.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“To feel wrecked, you didn’t need accumulated badness. One mess-up was all it took.”
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“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. ”
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“He walked down, for a long while avoiding looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the sun, without looking.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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