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"“…a preemptive, numbing ‘No’ to whatever the world wanted to show her next.”" — 4 hours, 34 min ago
"“…a preemptive, numbing ‘No’ to whatever the world wanted to show her next.”" — 4 hours, 34 min ago
You told yourself there was an end to the worry. You told yourself it was sleeping through the night, then weaning from the breast, then walking then shoelaces then reading then algebra then sex then college admissions then you would be
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“Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color. (M.S. Merwin, quoted in After Annie)”
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Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color. (M.S. Merwin, quoted in After Annie)”
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“The writer writes the words. The given reader reads the words. And the book, the unique and unrepeatable book, doesn’t exist until the given reader meets the writer on the page.”
― How to Read a Book
― How to Read a Book
“My mother had modeled for me early on that the quickest route to unhappiness was to pay too much attention to anyone’s disapproval, particularly someone that you barely knew.”
― The Night We Lost Him
― The Night We Lost Him
“My mother had modeled for me early on that the quickest route to unhappiness was to pay too much attention to anyone’s disapproval, particularly someone that you barely knew.”
― Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him”
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― Laura Dave, The Night We Lost Him”
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“People who care about each other don’t hurt each other or make each other feel small.”
― Island of Fire
― Island of Fire
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