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“No, this was the career I wanted; a writer could be employed for as long as she could hold a pencil; for as long as her mind still held out. But an actress—even an actress like Mary—had a fleeting shelf life.”
― The Girls in the Picture
― The Girls in the Picture
“It often happens with grown-ups that their tears are misunderstood. (Who can know which time in their lives they are reliving?)”
― Avenue of Mysteries
― Avenue of Mysteries
“All is in divine order.”
― Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
― Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead
“Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.”
― The Miniaturist
― The Miniaturist
“You could eat the air in the place, so thick with bread and warmth that it stang our cheeks.”
― My Notorious Life
― My Notorious Life
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