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Ties
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Ties is a novel full of containers, both literal and symbolic. In spite of them, things go missing.
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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
― The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
― The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
“My mother always told me that there is only one way a woman can be truly safe in this world. And that is to be fiercely, inarguably, and masterfully talented. This is different than being intelligent or even educated. (Satomi from Picking Bones From Ash)”
― Picking Bones from Ash
― Picking Bones from Ash
“You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.”
― Till You Hear from Me
― Till You Hear from Me
“Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.”
― Till You Hear from Me
― Till You Hear from Me
“It is very easy to convince yourself that you have done something correctly if you never pay attention to what else you might have done in the first place. (Satomi from Picking Bones From Ash)”
― Picking Bones from Ash
― Picking Bones from Ash
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