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“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”
― The Problem of Pain
― The Problem of Pain
“If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have serious problem.”
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“Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading.”
― The Cement Garden
― The Cement Garden
“There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question have lived relatively comfortable, middle class lives. They function perfectly well in the world, but you can imagine, given a nasty parent, or a prolonged bout of unemployment, how their potential for craziness might have been realized.”
― What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
― What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
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