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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

—Joan D. Vinge

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Being judged and found lacking by the people who were supposed to love you never left anyone feeling all right.

—Mariana Zapata in Wait for It

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The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn't thought about it.

—Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar

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No shame in loving an ain't-shit man, long as you get it out your system good and early. A tragic woman hooks into an ain't-shit man, or worse, lets him hook into her. He will drag her until he tires. He will climb atop her shoulders and her body will sag from the weight of loving him.

—Brit Bennett in The Mothers

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There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them. Whenever I'm sad I'm going to die, or so nervous I can't sleep, or in love with somebody I won't be seeing for a week, I slump down just so far and then I say: "I'll go take a hot bath.

—Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar

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Love never really dies, but it does fade, as you well know. And when it fades, the part that remains teaches us how to love better the next time.

—Kristen Ashley in The Hookup

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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

—P. G. Wodehouse

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I wished him peace and happiness, but I did not wish to see him. Speak with him. Deal with him. Not for a good long while. Perhaps forever.

—Sarah J. Maas in A Court of Frost and Starlight

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Some things are just beyond our control and the heart wants what the heart wants whether it makes logical sense or not.

—Lori Wilde in Rules of the Game

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Seriously, what does having it all even mean? All is subjective. Not every woman's vision of a perfect future looks the same. Not every woman wants kids. Not every woman wants to get married. Not every woman wants a house in the suburbs. Not every woman wants a career. Not every woman is attracted to men in the first place. Why and how did dudes become the key to our Perfect Future?

—Iliza Shlesinger in Girl Logic

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My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.

—Jessica Alba

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Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living.

—Rachel Marie Martin in The Brave Art of Motherhood

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I didn't know love felt like this, like turning into brightness.

—Jandy Nelson in The Sky Is Everywhere

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Anger is like that. Runs on its own fumes, devours itself voraciously, explosively, until one day there is no fire left. Only pure, cold, unbreakable hardness.

—Leah Raeder in Black Iris

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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

—Lily Tomlin

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