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Gretchen Alice
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“Hello,” Lilly said. “Movie. Of your life. You were portrayed as shy and awkward.” “I am shy and awkward,” I reminded her. “They made your grandmother all kindly and sympathetic to your plight,” Lilly said. “It was the grossest
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“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
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“I earned this, fair and square." We'll, maybe it hadn't been fair. And maybe it hadn't been precisely square. Still, she'd earned it legally. Legally and... rectangularly. That would have to do.”
― The Duchess War
― The Duchess War
“Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.”
― Emma
― Emma
“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
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