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“Weren't you wearing a purity ring when we got here? Aren't you supposed to be saving yourself?" Shanti asked.

"Yeah," Mary Lou answered. "And then I thought, for what? You save leftovers. My sex is not a leftover, and it is not a Christmas present.”
― Libba Bray, Beauty Queens

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”
― Rudyard Kipling, The Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling: Captains Courageous - Kim

“I've had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.”
― Libba Bray, Beauty Queens