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Jealousy Quotes
With enough time and age her envy of her friends' lives had diminished and become manageable; but still, even now, when the Christmas letter arrived Jules allowed herself to experience a new, small...
Friendship Quotes
There would be no pairing off this summer […] and though in some ways this was sad, in other way it was such a relief, for now they could return […] and take their places in that perfect, unbro...
Memory and The Past Quotes
After a while, the raw and emotional material just started sounding to her like ordinary revelations. […] She even imagined herself as one of these people, sitting and talking about the long-ago...
Madness Quotes
[…] it hadn't occurred to them that Mo was "on the spectrum," as everyone casually put it lately, just the way people also casually said "chemo," all of it seen as part of the perils of the moder...
Sexuality and Sexual Identity Quotes
Jacobson. She was excited to hear him call her that, though it was hardly what she'd imagine a boy might ever call her. (1.84)
Appearances Quotes
Ethan Figman, thick bodied, unusually ugly, his features appearing a little bit flattened, as if pressed against a mime's invisible glass wall, sat with his mouth slack and a record album in his la...
Lies and Deceit Quotes
"We'll make it be okay. Please tell her that. But say it later, when Mo's not around to possibly hear any of it, okay?" (3.66)
Art and Culture Quotes
Julie had never actually heard of Günter Grass, but she wasn't going to let on. If anyone asked, she would insist that she too loved Günter Grass, although, she would add as protection, "I haven'...