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The Eights
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A woman dressed in a second-hand academic gown and shoes that don’t quite fit, trying out a life that isn’t quite hers.
“I might say you should try being like a rat at a fair. To be clear, I don’t mean that you should gorge yourself on carnival garbage. I just think you should try to collect days like that.”
― We Could Be Rats
― We Could Be Rats
“I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.”
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
― Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to come home. I want to be held. I don't want you to come too close. I want you to scoop me up and bring me home at nights. I don't want to tell you where I am. I want to keep a place among the rocks where no one can find me. I want to be with you.”
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“I've always tried to make a home for myself, but I have not felt at home in myself. I've worked hard at being the hero of my own life. But every time I checked the register of displaced persons, I was still on it. I didn't know how to belong. Longing? Yes. Belonging? No.”
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
― Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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