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He too preferred to quietly watch, just like her. She saw this now, not as aloofness, but—in his case—the calm reserve of the quietly, supremely confident.
“time is only the relationship between the way different things change, like the earth going round the sun and atoms vibrating and clocks ticking and day and night and waking up and going to sleep,”
― The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
― The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“I did not believe the dreams were from God. They were too much in my own mind and heart to give Him the blame or the glory.”
― A Girl Called Samson
― A Girl Called Samson
“I do not hate being a woman. I simply hate that a woman can’t go to Yale or be a statesman or help draft a constitution. I hate that I can’t travel to Paris without a husband or even walk down the street alone. I hate the limitations that nature has placed on me, the limitations that life has placed on me. But I do not hate being a woman, and I would not hate being your woman.”
― A Girl Called Samson
― A Girl Called Samson
“my entire life had fallen apart, but I was fine.”
― A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
― A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
“And yet the feeling persists: love is not dead. I am not dead. I still have faith in people. Once, that was my greatest weakness. Now it is my strength. My revenge.”
― A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
― A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
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