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“It's not my fault that the gray of everyone else's stories makes the color stand out.”
― The Book of Polly
― The Book of Polly
“But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch. You can't pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“It wasn't until I admitted to my own place in the (abuse and trauma ) cycle that people gave me the respect I always knew I deserved. And now that I have it, I can't stop wondering why it is that for a woman's work to be taken seriously, she has to bleed first? and why I was so quick to open a vein?”
― The Favorite Sister
― The Favorite Sister
“I don’t believe that blood makes a family; kin is the circle you create, hands held tight.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“The last thing the world needs is one more woman with principles. What we need is women with money. Women with money have flexibility, and nothing is more dangerous than a woman who can bend any way she wants.”
― The Favorite Sister
― The Favorite Sister
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