Jess Smith
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In that moment, Maddie knew one thing. Private Malcolm Allan Grant was her new favorite person. He’d made her feel pretty on her wedding day. So long as she lived, she would never forget it.
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.”
― Moments of Being: A Collection of Autobiographical Writing
― Moments of Being: A Collection of Autobiographical Writing
“You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“It has been the privilege and the honor of my life to know you.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
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