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“The thought balloon of my own breath said, How have I found myself here?”
― A Gate at the Stairs: A Novel
― A Gate at the Stairs: A Novel
“Once you have a sister, you never stop having her, even if you can no longer see or touch her.”
― First Phone Call from Heaven
― First Phone Call from Heaven
“Do not carry remorse for anything in the past; in the end, it is only prideful. Let peace dwell inside you, live your life in joy, and give thanks that God has come to you in this way.”
― The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand
― The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand
“Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past have nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don’t. A simple enough lesson, yet hard for Luce to learn. She couldn’t”
― Nightwoods
― Nightwoods
“I was already becoming a woman who sized up another one fast—I was becoming typical.”
― A Gate at the Stairs: A Novel
― A Gate at the Stairs: A Novel
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