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“Do you forget that I am your sister?”
“No; I’ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it.”
― Frederica
“No; I’ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it.”
― Frederica
“The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”
― The Last of the Savages
― The Last of the Savages
“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.”
― Everything is Illuminated
― Everything is Illuminated
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