“One’s opinion should only be as strong as one’s knowledge on the matter.”
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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
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“Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“...and yet isn't it always the inappropriate thing, the thing that doesn't quite work, that's oddly the dearest?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“She was fierce, she was strong, she wasn’t simple. She was crazy and sometimes she barely slept. She always had something to say. She had flaws and that was ok. And when she was down, she got right back up. She was a beast in her own way, but one idea described her best.
She was unstoppable and she took anything she wanted with a smile.”
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She was unstoppable and she took anything she wanted with a smile.”
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