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“There’s no pain on earth that doesn’t crave a benevolent witness.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
“But really, what else are you going to talk about in line at the liquor store? Childhood trauma seems like the natural choice, since it’s the reason why most of us are in line there to begin with.”
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
“She couldn’t get free and she couldn’t pop missus on the back of her head with a cane, but she could take her silk. You do your rebellions any way you can.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn’t matter to anyone changed my life.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“God fills us with all sorts of yearnings that go against the grain of the world—but the fact those yearnings often come to nothing, well, I doubt that’s God’s doing.” She cut her eyes at me and smiled. “I think we know that’s men’s doing.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
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