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I See You've Called in Dead

by John Kenney

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LEAD with LOVE: A Journey of Faith in Parenting Teens by Asumini Kasule

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When you try to hide parts of yourself, when you show only the parts that you think others will approve of, you are seeking validation outside of yourself. While it is human nature to want to belong, hiding yourself comes from a place of ...more

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“Isn’t it funny, Ellie? No matter where you go or how far you travel, when you are in a place of substance, the floor is covered with the rugs of our country. The artwork of our land. Which means really, in all these places, you are with the labor of Iranian women.”
― Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

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“My life was a painting I’d been staring at upside-down up until that moment, that moment when Leila wandered in and flipped it right-side up for me. Just like that.”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

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“Someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.”
― Annie Hartnett, The Road to Tender Hearts

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“When you try to hide parts of yourself”
― Asumini Kasule, LEAD with LOVE: A Journey of Faith in Parenting Teens

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“To be loved by prickly Sophie was to truly be loved.”
― Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

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