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“The unspeakable is a wound that stays open always, always, and forever.”
― Where Reasons End
― Where Reasons End
“The buying of a whole bottle does not require that you drink the whole bottle. Mother’s Rule of eating everything on your plate does not apply to alcohol.”
― The inspector-general of Misconception: The Ultimate Compendium to Sorting Things Out
― The inspector-general of Misconception: The Ultimate Compendium to Sorting Things Out
“When, in the street, I see a mother walking with her grown-up daughter, I can hardly bear to witness the mother’s pride, the softening of her face, her incredulous joy at being granted her daughter’s company; and the iron discipline she imposes on herself, to muffle and conceal this joy.”
― Everywhere I Look
― Everywhere I Look
“Stories cannot exist without a storyteller.”
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“One of the tenets of civility is the willingness to be publicly courteous with those with whom we disagree or dislike when inescapably we find ourselves in their company.”
― The inspector-general of Misconception: The Ultimate Compendium to Sorting Things Out
― The inspector-general of Misconception: The Ultimate Compendium to Sorting Things Out
The Stella Prize 2013
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