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“I'm chasing you. I'm going to chase you until you give this a chance.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“memory is always a collaboration in progress.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“We lose ourselves,” she repeated, forming each word with care, “but we find our way back.” Wasn’t that the story of her life? Wasn’t that the story of Bethie’s? You make the wrong choices, you make mistakes, you disappear for a decade, you marry the wrong man. You get hurt. You lose sight of who you are, or of who you want to be, and then you remember, and if you’re lucky you have sisters or friends who remind you when you forget your best intentions. You come back to yourself, again and again. You try, and fail, and try again, and fail again.”
― Jennifer Weiner, Mrs. Everything

“What's fair ain't necessarily right.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved