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The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)

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Sep 16, 2011 08:44PM

“I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

tags: adopted, adoption, parents

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“So there the two of us were. Frozen in time, living in the moment, focused only on our immediate desires. Which of course included sex. Lots and lots of it.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

tags: desire, sex

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“I certainly never felt rejected because they had given me up. My parents knew nothing about my birth mother, yet always explained with certainty that she didn't "give me up" or "give me away" - she made a plan for me, the best one she could make under her circumstances, whatever those were.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

tags: adopted, adoptionon

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“Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from, what makes us who we are.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

tags: friends

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“My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's how people take it, like it's something they should be supportive about. I just mean that they are two basic facts about me.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

tags: adopted, adoption

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