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“It’s awful being a child,” she said, simply, “at the mercy of other people.”
“My message, the message from all of us in the animal welfare community is simple: Take a picture of your Benny, put it in an imaginary locket. Then, with the love you feel for your Benny, hold it in your hands so tightly that you become an alchemist; the love you feel for one becomes the love your feel for all. It is all one.”
― Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean
― Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean
“There must be quite a few things a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“The first time I went to an Indian restaurant in Canada, I used my fingers. The waiter looked at me critically and said, "Fresh off the boat are you?" I blanched. My fingers which had seconds before had been taste buds savoring the food a little ahead of my mouth, became dirty under his gaze. They froze like criminals caught in the act. I didn't dare lick them. I wiped them guiltily on my napkin. He had no idea how deeply those words wounded me. They were like nails being driven into my flesh.”
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“Good-byes hurt the most when the other person’s already gone.”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“You cannot find what you need. You must create what you need for yourself.”
― After Disasters
― After Disasters
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