“And so I began my criminal career there in the house of God, with a leaky pen instead of a pistol and books instead of silver for my reward.” - Outlawed by Anna North
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“Success was ephemeral—and fluid—as I’d found out the hard way. It came. It went. It changed you from the outside, but not from the inside. Inside, I was still the same girl who dreamed of a destiny greater than she was allowed.” - The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
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“We weren’t born distrusting and fearing ourselves. That was part of our taming. We were taught to believe that who we are in our natural state is bad and dangerous. They convinced us to be afraid of ourselves.” Untamed by Glennon Doyle
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“Somehow her later years had become a mirror of her lonely childhood.” ― The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
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“Scents were always about what was growing and what was dying. What would last through the next season. This was just with people instead of trees or flowers or dirt. Maybe I could read them after all. The thought gave me hope.” ― The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister,
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“I don't need you to be mad that it happened. I need you to be mad that it just like... happens.” ― Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
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“I often said the wrong thing–wake up, shut up, grow up. These are the wrong things to say when people are sad about some minor cruelty or sentimental incident.” ― Conviction by Denise Mina
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“There is always a way out of a situation. Might be ugly. Might leave you feeling like the earth had gone and shifted under your feet. But there is always a way around.” - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
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“How had it happened that I’d gone from successfully managing an entire department at work to failing to manage a grocery list for my family? And what self-respecting woman cries over a forgotten item at the market?” - Fair Play by Eve Rodsky
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“If you were to come to Headquarters and see a woman in a smart green tweed suit following a man into his office or a woman wearing red heels and a matching angora sweater at reception, you might've assumed these women were typists or secretaries; and you would've been right. But you would have also been wrong. Secretary: a person entrusted with a secret.” ― The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
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“That was the problem with a place like this: Everything was right out in the open, including the life you could never have.” - The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
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“All these tiny sacrifices to make us appear more lithe and ladylike—the female of the species. The weaker sex. Secretly, they toughened our hides, sharpened our edges. We were tougher than we looked. The only difference was that now we were finally letting on.” ― Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
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“I’m not a woman who bears grudges, broods over disagreements or questions other people’s motives. Neither do I feel compelled to win an argument at any cost. As with all rules, of course, there are exceptions.” - The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
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““Your love is too beautiful not to share.” He said it with ease, not a trace of distress or ambivalence. As if it were the most natural thing for a husband to say to a wife. “I want you to live your life.”” - From Scratch by Tembi Locke
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“We were a chocolate-box family, I thought. Brightly wrapped on the outside and oozing sticky darkness within.” ― The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
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“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story.” - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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“Deciding to spend your life together shouldn’t be a surprise.” - The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
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“For onlookers, it must have been an Oscar-worthy sixty-second silent movie. From now on, if anyone asks me if I’ve ever fallen in love at first sight, I shall say yes, for one glorious minute on 21 December 2008.” - One Day in December by Josie Silver
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