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“Her father's hands, holding the chopsticks, were slightly unsteady - something she had first noticed years ago when he took her out to lunch, but tonight, it made her heart clench and tremble.”
― An Yu, Braised Pork

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“Boys get to keep that confidence [as they age], I think; girls have to give it back like it never really belonged to them.”
― Nat Cassidy, Mary: An Awakening of Terror

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“I had always felt, ever since Jamie and I got together, that it was too good, that we were too lucky. That happiness like this couldn't possibly last: we were using up more than our allotted quota of the stuff, and at some point someone had to notice.”
― Lucy Foley, The Hunting Party

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“She could not say why; he just seemed like the kind of man who healed, rather than wounded.”
― An Yu, Braised Pork

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“She tried to control herself rigidly, saying to herself, "I won't look at him for another half hour." But all to no avail. She would sneak a glimpse, his eyes would flicker, and there she would be again, imprisoned by an amused smile and a raised eyebrow.”
― Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin filmscript

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