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John Updike
“Who'll hold families together, if everybody has to live? Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.”
John Updike, Rabbit Redux

Nghi Vo
“Be a little kind to yourself, please. If you can be whoever you want, wouldn't it be nice to be someone you liked?”
Nghi Vo, Don't Sleep with the Dead

Shirley Graham du Bois
“We are a race of artists. What are we doing about it?”
Shirley Graham Du Bois

Nghi Vo
“Don't sleep with the dead. You're not one of them, after all.”
Nghi Vo, Don't Sleep with the Dead

Madeline Miller
“I am made of memories.”
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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