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“I saw the world I had walked since my birth and I understood how fragile it was, that the reality was a thin layer of icing on a great dark birthday cake writhing with grubs and nightmares and hunger.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.”
― UnWholly
― UnWholly

“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
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“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past?”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath

“Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness. There's love and emotion trying to express itself, but at the time, it just ends up being awkward.”
― Between Shades of Gray
― Between Shades of Gray
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