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Ian Payton

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Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

by John Koenig

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The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds #1) by Micaiah Johnson

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That’s twice now someone called me a miracle. And again it comes from the mouth of someone whose sibling I killed.

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“Boys learn, formally or informally, that it’s inappropriate to express emotion. And if you violate these rules, there are social costs associated with that.’ So boys learn to rein it in.”
― Max Dickins, Billy No-Mates: How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem

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