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Strong at the Broken Places by Clayton Lindemuth

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am confident because I will keep an optimal pace while the rabbits pull off the road to puke and massage their cramps.

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Sharon’s Quotes

“The things you love the most will one day hurt you the worst.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

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“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.”
― Denis Diderot, Essai sur le mérite et la vertu

tags: barbarism, fanaticism

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“Sometimes we’re so wrapped up in our own story that we don’t see how we’re supporting characters in someone else’s. So”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

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“Hatred is self-punishment. Do you think they're feeling bad because you hate them?”
― Michelle Cohen Corasanti, The Almond Tree

tags: facts-of-life, hate

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“So little is permissible for a woman—yet on her back every human climbs to adulthood.”
― Janet Benton, Lilli de Jong

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