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How was it that some people got to decide what was correct or not, just or unjust? It had to do with who was in charge; everything had to do with who held power and who didn’t.
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Andy  Marr
“I can’t stop my thoughts. I can’t stop comparing myself to others. I can’t stop looking at myself, both directly and in the mirror;”
Andy Marr, Hunger for Life

Elton John
“back then, even talking about rock and roll at the Royal Academy would have been sacrilege, like turning up to church and telling the vicar that you’re really interested in worshipping Satan.”
Elton John, Me

Elton John
“You may still be standing, dear,’ it read, ‘but the rest of us are on the fucking floor.”
Elton John, Me

Lori Gottlieb
“Relationships in life don't really end, even if you never see the person again. Every person you've been close to lives on somewhere inside you. Your past lovers, your parents, your friends, people both alive and dead (symbolically or literally)--all of them evoke memories, conscious or not.”
Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Anna Burns
“It’s not about being happy,’ he said, which was, and still is, the saddest remark I’ve ever heard.”
Anna Burns, Milkman

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