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“I sit on the edge of the bed, feeling the loneliness swell, not knowing whether it's pressing against me from the outside or growing from within. either way, it's inescapable, my oldest companion.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place
“Maya wipes her tears and whispers, “Mom. You taught me that I don’t have to have dreams. I can have goals.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“I didn't want the bastards to see me bleed," she whispers to her mother.
"Sometimes, I'm afraid that they're going to have to. To understand that you're a real person," her mother sobs, clutching her daughter so very tightly in her arms.”
― Beartown
"Sometimes, I'm afraid that they're going to have to. To understand that you're a real person," her mother sobs, clutching her daughter so very tightly in her arms.”
― Beartown
“Grateful, grateful, grateful. That’s the role of mothers. But the role of children is to dream. So her son dreams that his mother will one day be able to walk into a room without having to apologize.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“There will be a spring and a summer. It's almost excruciating. But then comes autumn, short as a wink, before winter is finally upon us again. Life does not go on, it starts again, everything is possible again. Anything can happen, all the best and all the most beautiful and all the greatest adventures on earth.”
― The Winners
― The Winners
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