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Mad Mabel

by Sally Hepworth (Goodreads Author)

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“The world will try to make you small. It will tell you to be modest, and meek. But the world is wrong. You should get to feel and love and live as boldly as you want.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

tags: boldness, confidence, empowerment, identity, personal-freedom, resistance, self-expression, societal-pressure

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“Do you understand that? Do you understand that I don’t care how big or small this world is, that you are the center of mine? Do you understand that, to someone, you are everything that matters on this entire planet?”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

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“There is one thing I’d like to ask of you,” I started. “One small favor.”
“Anything.” He said it immediately, unconditionally.
“Will you stay with me till the end comes? Will you sit with me in the dark?”
― Erin A. Craig, The Thirteenth Child

tags: fantasy

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“Happiness is so hard to come by. I don't understand why anyone would begrudge anyone else for managing to find some of it.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

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“Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth.”
― V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

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