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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

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“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

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“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

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“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
― Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

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“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

tags: earnestness, gullibility, honesty

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