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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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“I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

tags: clary-fray, demons, growing-up, humor, jace-wayland, luke, teenager

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#3

“Am I the only one who thought that the human race could survive for more than five minutes without making an abject embarrassment of ourselves?”
― Lauren James

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#4

“They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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#5

“Ma. You once told me that memory is a choice. But if you were god, you'd know it's a flood.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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#6

“They will want you to succeed, but never more than them. They will write their names on your leash and call you necessary, call you urgent.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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#7

“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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#8

“Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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#9

“Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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#10

“What were you before you met me?"
"I think I was drowning"
"And what are you now?"
"Water”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

tags: life, love, poetry

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#11

“The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.”
― Robin Wasserman, Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

tags: change, law, mortal-instruments

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“One of the greatest tragedies of growing up is the discovery that your parents- and your teachers, and your sports heroes, and your favorite actors, singers, YouTube sensations- are fallible. Adults don't know all, and what they do know, they often won't tell you- because they've got their own agendas, or because they want to shield you from the hard truths "for your own good." Adults lie, they betray, they screw up in every way possible...”
― Robin Wasserman, Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

tags: adults, childhood, growing-up, life

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#13

“The beauty of fantasy is that it allows the protagonist to pass through fear to come to know this different reality and to find a place in it.”
― Kate Milford, Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

tags: books, fantasy, life

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#14

“We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice.”
― Sarah Cross, Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader

tags: adventure, books, imagination, stories

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#15

“The world was like a crumpled ball of newspaper to me, something to kick around.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

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“You could die, I thought, and it was a nice relaxing thought at the time. I imagined death like a switch, switching off all the pain and noise, cancelling everything.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

tags: death

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#17

“I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

tags: conversation, intelligence

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#18

“Everyone’s always going through something, aren’t they? That’s life, basically. It’s just more and more things to go through.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

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#19

“People were always wanting me to show some weakness so they could reassure me. It made them feel worthy.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

tags: friendship, relationships, weakness

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#20

“It's not a sign of weakness to have feelings.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

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#21

“I was a very autonomous and independent person with an inner life that nobody else had ever touched or perceived.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

tags: conversations-with-friends, frances

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#22

“You underestimate your own power so you don’t have to blame yourself for treating other people badly. You tell yourself stories about it.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

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#23

“They don't know it yet, but the young drink to die. Alongside raging life runs an urge to extinguish themselves.”
― Janice Pariat, The Nine-Chambered Heart

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#24

“Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

tags: alone, man-s-heart, men, sad, violence, women

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#25

“A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

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#26

“Marriage can wait, education cannot.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

tags: education, marriage

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#27

“‎I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

tags: afghanistan, bright, country, education, marriage, smart, war, young-women

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#28

“I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

tags: children

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#29

“There are different ways of evil and I prefer mine to yours.”
― Edward Morgan Forster, A Passage to India

tags: evil

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#30

“Adventures do occur, but not punctually.”
― E.M. Forster, A Passage to India

tags: adventure

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