"A vivid portrait of a teenage girl and her family in disarray. Meredith is a wonderful narrator, witty, feisty, full of yearning, and the story she tells is as complicated as life itself. This is a richly satisfying novel."

-- Margot Livesey

#Girl Quotes #Witty Quotes #Teenage Quotes

“It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.”
“Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.”
“Thank God, I am still an atheist.”

Source : Quoted in Le Monde, 16 Dec. 1959
“New possibilities for a more active democracy are beginning to emerge in the information age. Effective citizen action is possible if citizens develop the abilities to gain access to information of all kinds and the skills to put such information to effective use.”
“And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.”
“Highly reliable components are not necessarily safe. .”
“Many Jews are not Zionists and many non-Jews are. Zionism is a political movement, not a race. To say Zionism is the Jewish people is like saying the Democratic Party is the American people. Jewish people who oppose Zionism, however, have been given a very hard time.”
“A Communist officer told a Christian he was beating, 'I am almighty, as you suppose your God can be. I can kill you.' The Christian answered, 'The power is all on my side. I can love you while you torture me to death.'”

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