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Cursed Daughters

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Irene.’s Notes & Highlights

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

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When one’s life seems broken beyond repair, there remains one last move: a person can at least shut her eyes.

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Irene.’s Quotes

“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.”
― Zen Shin

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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspiration

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“Sleeping gave me time off from myself — a delicious sort of respite. Without it I grow overfamiliar, sticky with self-contempt.”
― Julia Armfield, Salt Slow

tags: self-contempt, sleep

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“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable.”
― Marguerite Duras, Practicalities

tags: love, men

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“How did you get here, little girl?’ she said, in a voice that suggested gingerbread cottages and the slamming of big stove doors.”
― Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

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