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“When we feel like crying, we should let it all out. Forcing them back only makes the wounds heal slower.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“She assumed she would go to college, get a degree in something pleasant, then settle into a comfortable job, meet a comfortable guy, and have a nice, unremarkable life. It’s not that she longed for such an existence, but it was expected. Not just of her, but of everyone. With nothing to really aspire to, life had become about maintenance. Eternal maintenance.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“Everything had changed, but I shoved the pain down. Because I was a woman now, and that’s what women do. I didn’t know much, but I already knew that.”
― Crystal Hefner, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself

“Jesus watches from the wall,
But his face is cold as stone,
And if he loves me
As she tells me
Why do I feel so all alone?”
― Stephen King, Carrie