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“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.”
— Carl Jung
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If Beale Street Could Talk, James Baldwin
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Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign
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I will vanish in the morning light; I was only an invention of darkness.
Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories; from The Lady of the House of Love
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'Can you see the sunset real good from the West Side?'
She blinked, startled, the smiled. 'Real good.'
'You can see it good from the East Side, too.'
S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
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"Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. It's all about how much you love each other every day."
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'the chicago train', first born, louise glück
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There is a point around age 20 when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Leguin
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quote from The Roses’ Lament
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That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin
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All things seem possible in May
North With the Spring, Edwin Way Teale
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“You have a really twisted mind, Lord Vorkosigan,” said Soudha, shaking his head. “Was it your upbringing, or your genetics?”“Yes.” Miles sighed.
Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr
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I lay in bed alone. And I longed for him. And he disgusted me.
Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories: The Bloody Chamber
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I don't want to be their tragic, lovely lacquer figure. I want to live.
R.F. Kuang, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
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