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Lyddie Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
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“My heart is heavy, she thought. It’s not just a saying. It is what is—heavy, a great stone lodged in my breast, pressing down my whole being. How can I even stand straight and look out upon the world? I am doubled over into myself and, for all the weight, find only emptiness.”
― Katherine Paterson, Lyddie
tags: depression, emptiness, heavy-hearted, sadness
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“We can still hop.”
― Katherine Paterson, Lyddie
tags: aspirational
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“She worked hard because work was all she knew, all she had.”
― Katherine Paterson, Lyddie
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