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Vanessa Bateman

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Damage

by Josephine Hart

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Jun 16, 2026 06:40PM

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Clusterf*ck

by Brian O'Sullivan (Goodreads Author)

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Break Him

by Nicki Grace (Goodreads Author)

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Vanessa’s Notes & Highlights

Found by Todd Rigney

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My brother keeps a human head in his closet.

The Tomorrow Box

by Curtis Sittenfeld

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Saving Noah

by Lucinda Berry

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Vanessa’s Quotes

“I don't like anyone. I don't understand why that's so difficult for people to understand.”
― Daniel Kraus, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire

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“She wears strength and darkness equally well,
The girl has always been half goddess, half hell”
― Nikita Gill, Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul

tags: darkness, strength, strong-woman

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“Steve sighed, wishing for a cigarette. “The Buddha teaches respect for all life.” “Oh.” She considered this. “Are you a Buddhist?” “No. I’m an asshole. But I keep trying.”
― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char

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“Full of disclaimers, you're like a warning label on a pack of cigarettes.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

tags: cigarettes, warning-labels

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“The mind is a mass of contradictions and conflicts. We lie to make others trust us. We hide our true selves in the pursuit of intimacy. We chase happiness in ways that drive happiness away. When we’re wrong we fight the hardest to prove we’re right.” Caught”
― John Verdon, Think of a Number

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