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“Granny was right,' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.”
― I Am Not Joey Pigza
― I Am Not Joey Pigza
“When I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.”
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“In order to be really good as a librarian, everything counts towards your work, every play you go see, every concert you hear, every trip you take, everything you read, everything you know. I don’t know of another occupation like that. The more you know, the better you’re going to be.”
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“Since the diagnosis, all the hugs may have been intended to help me, but were really serving the hugger.”
― Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting
― Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting
“They'd shake their heads and hug me too long and say, 'How. Are. You. Doing?' When I'd say, in all honesty, that I was fine, they'd look to the sky, nod their heads, and ask for the truth. Well, the truth was that I was doing great, until I saw their funereal fucking faces. Now, I felt like slapping someone.”
― Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting
― Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting
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