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“She was keeping it, she explained, to replace the wedding ring her mother had given her, the Dad had pawned shortly after they got married. ‘But Mom,’ I said, ‘that ring could get us a lot of food.’ ‘That’s true,’ Mom said, ‘but it could also improve my self-esteem. And at times like these, self-esteem is even more vital than food.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle

“He groped me! And he’s wanking off!’ Mom cocked her head and looked concerned. ‘Poor Stanley,’ she said. ‘He’s so lonely.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle

“A war does not ignore half the people whose lives it touches. So why do we?”
― A Thousand Ships
― A Thousand Ships
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