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It had always been part of my identity to feel more objective than either of my parents—to be able to choose between their views, to retain the parts I found useful and discard the rest.


“I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon

“How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibilty, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon

“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner

“I want to be someone strong and brave enough to make hard choices. But I want to be fair and loving enough to make the right ones.”
― The Book of Ivy
― The Book of Ivy

“You’re easy to read, Ivy, but the whole book of you is complicated.”
― The Book of Ivy
― The Book of Ivy
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