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“This we share. Scars and knowledge and broken saftey that was never reallty there in the first place, because we were born to bad apples.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
“I fell in love with the idea that a story could have places of origin and its own lineage, not entirely unlike a person. A fairy tale could move from one region to another, and it would change clothes. It could adopt the customs and beliefs of its new home, and it would still retain much of its core. The notion that a story could adjust to suit a new home was such a hopeful one for an immigrant kid who grew up knowing that he and his parents didn't come from the same places.”
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“Practically everyone thinks they're smarter than a teenage girl. It's what makes being one so powerful, if you know how to use that giant mistake of an assumption.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
“I was raised for a kind of slaughter. But I grew into a huntress instead. One who always hits her target. No matter what.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
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