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“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
“Frances, are you planning to drown down there?”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“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
“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
“She knows where to find everything in me and I know where all her stuff is too. She is, in short, my best friend.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
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