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“I sit on the edge of the bed, feeling the loneliness swell, not knowing whether it's pressing against me from the outside or growing from within. either way, it's inescapable, my oldest companion.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place

“But if you think there’s any chance that I could make you happy, I wish you would let me try. Because it’s the only thing I really want to do with my life.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You

“I didn't want the bastards to see me bleed," she whispers to her mother.
"Sometimes, I'm afraid that they're going to have to. To understand that you're a real person," her mother sobs, clutching her daughter so very tightly in her arms.”
― Beartown
"Sometimes, I'm afraid that they're going to have to. To understand that you're a real person," her mother sobs, clutching her daughter so very tightly in her arms.”
― Beartown

“Frances, are you planning to drown down there?”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends

“She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
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