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“Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s true of everybody.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and often religion and family and particularly other women, who somehow feel invested in how you behave, as if your actions reflect directly on all womanhood.”
― Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
― Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
“No matter what happens, I don’t think that anyone will remember me when I disappear. It will be like I was never here. There will be no proof that I ever existed … you can’t be sad if you disappear, because disappeared people can’t feel sad. They can only be remembered or forgotten.”
― Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
― Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
“Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.”
― The Time Keeper
― The Time Keeper
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