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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection. —Bhagavad Gita 3.35
“Guess there comes a time you have to give up on what you want and make the best of what you’re given.”
― A Little Hatred
― A Little Hatred
“a life without art, without wonder, without beautiful things—she would go mad.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“life seems very long sometimes”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“She had long ago learned that at least half of everything is presentation. Seem a victim”
― A Little Hatred
― A Little Hatred
“And she is tired. Unspeakably tired. But there is no question she has lived. “Nothing is all good or all bad,” she says. “Life is so much messier than that.” And there in the dark”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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