Mary
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Innocence
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HOW CAN I GET YOU TO BELIEVE ME, TO believe the unbelievable? I want so much for you to understand. But you can’t make someone believe you. Trust is a secret combination to a lock. Two turns of faith, one turn of fantasy, half a turn of
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HOW CAN I GET YOU TO BELIEVE ME, TO believe the unbelievable? I want so much for you to understand. But you can’t make someone believe you. Trust is a secret combination to a lock. Two turns of faith, one turn of fantasy, half a turn of truth. Trust me. It sounds so false.


“I made choices, and then, having made them, I had fewer choices.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments

“If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart

“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
― The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
― The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman

“Nobody is any authority of the fucks other people give.”
― The Testaments
― The Testaments
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