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“I am a victim, I have no qualms with this word, only with the idea that it is all that I am.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“They seemed angry that I’d made myself vulnerable, more than the fact that he’d acted on my vulnerability.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“Falling in love is really quite simple,” she says. “You want to know the secret? It’s the same thing we are all doing about life every single day.”
I look to her.
“Forget there’s an ending.”
― Carrie Soto Is Back
I look to her.
“Forget there’s an ending.”
― Carrie Soto Is Back
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“When a woman is assaulted, one of the first questions people ask is, Did you say no? This question assumes that the answer was always yes, and that it is her job to revoke the agreement. To defuse the bomb she was given. But why are they allowed to touch us until we physically fight them off? Why is the door open until we have to slam it shut?”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
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