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by Madeleine Gray (Goodreads Author)

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by Ann Patchett

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Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson

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struggle, life. Everyone is struggling with something. It’s why we’ve got to be kind to each other, even when it’s really fuckin’ hard. You just don’t know. You can’t tell by looking.’ You can’t tell by looking.

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The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Gemma’s Quotes

“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.”
― Richard Dawkins

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“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

tags: atheism, religion, skeptic

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“I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, "Where'd she go?" and I have to say, "I'm down here.”
― Marian Keyes

tags: shoes, short-people

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