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The trouble with Clare was not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well.
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“We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work.”
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“I don’t think you’re ever really grown.”
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“Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them.”
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“Language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.”
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“We move not on but forward.”
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