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Shadow and Bone: Chapters 1-5 by Leigh Bardugo

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I hated hiding how much the stupid things he did hurt me, but I hated the idea of him finding out even more.

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“Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself.”
― Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe

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“I want to say It's okay to be a person. We're all afraid. We all get hurt. It's okay to hurt. You'd be so much more likable if you just acted human.”
― Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe

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“Do you think it's funny that both of our favourite memories are about the people we like the least now?" I ask.

"Maybe that's why we dislike them," she says. "The distance between who they were and who they are is so wide, we have no hope of getting them back.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

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“I feel like a constellation of wounds, held together with string and stubbornness.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

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“Dear friend, You are not a freak. You are wanted. You are necessary. You are the only you there is. Don’t be afraid to leave the castle. It’s a great big world out there. Love, a fellow reader”
― Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe

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