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“because wherever I sat—on the deck of a ship or at a street café in Paris or Bangkok—I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”
― This Lullaby
― This Lullaby
“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
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