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1 " In order that two imperfect souls might touch perfection. E. M. Forster "
― Kimberly McCreight , Where They Found Her
2 " Let go or be dragged. "
3 " Happy was my adopted country, not my native land. I was still bracing to be expelled without warning. "
4 " Not everything about where you're headed...has to be about where you've been. "
5 " And as much as Justin valued the clarity of my black and white, I’d been intoxicated by his world of grays. "
6 " i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) E. E. Cummings "
7 " This was what happened when you spent months locked away from the world: you regressed. "
8 " The moment was so beautiful and perfect-Ella and the ice cream and the sun. But it didn't feel like it belonged to me, not in any permanent sense. Happy was my adopted country, not my native land. I was still bracing to be expelled without warning. "
9 " What is that Zen saying of yours, Rose? ‘Let go or be dragged’? "
10 " Not everything about where you're headed has to be about where you've been. "
11 " but it didn't feel like it belonged to me ... not in any permanent sense , happy was my adopted country , not my native land . I was still bracing to be expelled without warning . "
12 " A woman strong enough to set me free. "
13 " Not everything about where you're headed, Molly, has to be about where you've been. "
14 " That woman could raise her children in whatever substandard fashion she saw fit, but how dare she let the consequences of her casual neglect injure someone else's. "