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Lady Tremaine

by Rachel Hochhauser (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for Magnolia Parks (Magnolia Parks Universe, #1)

Magnolia Parks (Magnolia Parks Universe, #1) by Jessa Hastings

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He laughs from the back of his throat and I love it when he laughs at the things I say, I want to make him laugh forever but I can’t because he broke forever and still I fight the urge to kiss him anyway.

A Girl Called Samson

by Amy Harmon

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The Swan House

by Elizabeth Musser

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“Nearly every guy I've dated believed they should already be famous, believed that greatness was their destiny and they were already behind schedule. An early moment of intimacy often involved a confession of this sort: a childhood vision, teacher's prophecy, a genius IQ. At first, with my boyfriend in college, I believed it, too. Later, I thought I was just choosing delusional men. Now I understand it's how boys are raised to think, how they are lured into adulthood. I've met ambitious women, driven women, but no woman has ever told me that greatness was her destiny.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

tags: destiny, fame, gender, gender-roles, glory, greatness, men, women

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“He laughs from the back of his throat and I love it when he laughs at the things I say, I want to make him laugh forever but I can’t because he broke forever and still I fight the urge to kiss him anyway.”
― Jessa Hastings, Magnolia Parks

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“The only being that defied the ancient standard—the standard of me first, me only, I, I, me—was a mother. A mother, in the bones of her bones, was not in balance. She gave, without ending. She thought not as an I but as a we and more often it was you, you, you, my darling, you. A mother protected, tipping scales, weighing odds, defying the system.”
― Rachel Hochhauser, Lady Tremaine

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“The story you think you know is never the real one.”
― Lily King, Euphoria

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“I love these geese. They make my chest tight and full and help me believe that things will be all right again, that I will pass through this time as I have passed through other times, that the vast and threatening blank ahead of me is a mere specter, that life is lighter and more playful than I’m giving it credit for. But right on the heels of that feeling, that suspicion that all is not yet lost, comes the urge to tell my mother, tell her that I am okay today, that I have felt something close to happiness, that I might still be capable of feeling happy. She will want to know that. But I can't tell her. That's the wall I always slam into on a good morning like this. My mother will be worrying about me, and I can't tell her that I'm okay.

The geese don't care that I'm crying again. They're used to it.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers