Jessica Brody · 352 pages
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“Because apart we might be as different as night and day, black and white, right and wrong, but together we create two sides of a whole. Together we balance.”
“People can be so annoying sometimes. With all their stupid opinions and hidden agendas. But dogs? Dogs don’t have any agendas. They’re as honest and open and devoted as you can get. And that’s why they’ll always cheer you up. They’ll always love you. No matter how badly you screw up.”
“New languages are not something you can pick up overnight. They take time. Patience. The willingness to change the way you think about what you already know.”
“Instead of constantly living up to everyone's expectations, why not destroy them?”
“Aren’t universal transmissions supposed to be pure and uncorrupted?”
“And for the last ten or so years of my life, whenever my father was in the house, I've learned how to make myself scarce.”
“No hay mat que por bien no venga --there is no bad that doesn't come with good”
“I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.”
“I nothing had, and yet enough for youth--Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth. Give unrestrained, the old emotion, The bliss that touched the verge of pain, The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion,--O, give me back my youth again!”
“Their silence comfortable. Something unfolding. But what? Not love, which wrenched and wounded. Not love, which came only once.”
“She was a marvel. She did exactly as she pleased all her life, God bless her.”
“Anyone who tells you that the Yao people never care for their daughters is lying. We may be worthless. We may be raised for another family. But often we are loved and cherished, despite our natal families' best efforts not to have feelings for us.”
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