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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
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“I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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