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The Guns of August

by Barbara W. Tuchman

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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

by Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 25, 2026 11:25AM

“You're my family! You were family before any of them. I've missed you even when I didn't remember you. Everything I've done since losing you has been about getting back to you. And I know I've left you behind before for other families, but not this time. I can't do it again.”
― Natasha Pulley, The Kingdoms

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“This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change.”
― Kiersten White, Mister Magic

tags: change, flaws, growing-up, perfection

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“People think children’s lives are simple, easy, but it’s the opposite. Everything that happens around them affects them, and they don’t have the power to affect any of it back.”
― Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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“Remember what I told you about need versus want? We don't need you because that implies you had to fix something in us. We were never broken. We want you, Wallace. Every piece. Every part. Because we're family. Can you see the difference?”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

tags: belonging-to-someone, family

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