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Yesteryear

by Caro Claire Burke

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The Underneath by Melanie Finn

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old axiom—the enemy of my enemy is my friend, is complete bullshit. The enemy of my enemy is simply the more ruthless motherfucker. But we didn’t move;

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Sharon’s Quotes

“Samuel thought how his father married to his mother was like a spoon married to a garbage disposal.”
― Nathan Hill, The Nix

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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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“The first time we met he shot me in the head with an electric staple gun, but our relationship has evolved in the subsequent months.”
― Ben H. Winters, World of Trouble

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“The things you love the most will one day hurt you the worst.”
― 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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