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“I found myself remembering the day in kindergarten when the teachers showed us Dumbo, and I realized for the first time that all the kids in the class, even the bullies, rooted for Dumbo, against Dumbo's tormentors. Invariably they laughed and cheered, both when Dumbo succeeded and when bad things happened to his enemies. But they're you, I thought to myself. How did they not know? They didn't know. It was astounding, an astounding truth. Everyone thought they were Dumbo.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Should they whisper false of you, never trouble to deny. Should the words they say be true, weep and storm and swear they lie!”
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“But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at once, I would do nothing forever.”
― Spinning Silver
― Spinning Silver
“I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is just as obvious to everyone else.”
― We Should All Be Feminists
― We Should All Be Feminists
“But I had not known that I was strong enough to do any of those things until they were over and I had done them. I had to do the work first, not knowing.”
― Spinning Silver
― Spinning Silver
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