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When a woman loves, she does foolish things...and very dangerous things too...and maybe delicious things...When a woman loves, she might do nothing at all...she might give in to her imagination...and feel guilty.”

Fiction from A to Z. Where a child's courage is the wind that carries them to discovery.

“I have noticed more than once in life that a taste for the ineffably twee can go hand-in-hand with a distinctly uncharitable outlook on the world. I once shared an office with a woman who had covered the wall space behind her desk with pictures of fluffy kitties; she was the most bigoted, spiteful champion of the death penalty with whom it has ever been my misfortune to share a kettle.

the last 50 pages are ridiculously funny,! Riley must be trolling
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“It’s possible to love someone while hating something they’ve done.”

“was like my mother, always feeling too much, wanting too much, needing too much. Like my father, my sister had wants and needs, too, but they were surface pleasures. Cars and clothes and societal approval

“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them

even prisons could appear lovely if lit the right way

Here, we give young women accused of terrible deeds the benefit of the doubt.”

It's possible to love someone while hating something they've done

“You’re never alone when there’s a book nearby

My present self is formed almost completely of the people around me

“This society hasn't changed one bit. People who don't fit into the village are expelled: men who don't hunt, women who don't give birth to children. For all we talk about modern society and individualism, anyone who doesn't try to fit in can expect to be meddled with, coerced, and ultimately banished from the village.”

“We’d all be better off going through this world without having high expectations for the people who share our blood

I’d learned that being anonymous was far better than being noticed