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I’ve only had one one-night stand in my life. Yes, one. I know, I’m so sorry to disappoint anyone who thinks I walk around at all times with a margarita in one hand and a dildo in the other. Maybe the misunderstanding comes from the fact
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“It's all right," he was shouting. "Come out, Mrs Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam.
It's all right! It isn't Her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they
are excited; I mean, in Narnia - in our world they usually don't talk at all.”
― The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Unaabridged
It's all right! It isn't Her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they
are excited; I mean, in Narnia - in our world they usually don't talk at all.”
― The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Unaabridged
“He shook hands with Jack and nodded coolly at Wendy, perhaps noticing the way heads turned when she came through into the lobby, her golden hair spilling across the shoulders of the simple navy dress. The hem of the dress stopped a modest two inches above the knee, but you didn't have to see more to know they were good legs.”
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“Each “good” thing Mom says about my “natural beauty” is followed up by its downside, which serves as the justification for its need to be enhanced by a little good old-fashioned store-bought beauty. And since it seems like every single “naturally beautiful” thing about me comes with a downside that needs to be enhanced by store-bought beauty, I’m beginning to wonder if I’m really naturally beautiful at all, or if Mom’s use of the term “naturally beautiful” goes in the same place where others would just use the term “ugly.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. "Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with." Because once the context ends, so does the friendship”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“And Trent Paige is there, talking about pink, which he does obsessively and exclusively, much to the dismay of the adults around him. (At first I didn’t realize why the adults cared so much about Trent’s pink obsession, but then I put two and two together. They think he’s gay. And we’re Mormon. And for some reason, you can’t be gay and be Mormon at the same time.)”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
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