"Aching familiar in a way that made me wish I was still eight. Eight was before death or divorce or heartbreak. Eight was just eight. Hot dogs and peanut butter, mosquito bites and splinters, bikes and boogie boards. Tangled hair, sunburned shoulders, Judy Blume, in bed by nine thirty."

-- Jenny Han

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“What matters to me is my own estimation, and Im very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what Ive done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane.”
“My first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.”

Source : Tobias Wolff (2007). “This Boy's Life: A Memoir”, p.25, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I looked down at the little pink face in the bundle. A newborn. The child had been alive only minutes but was already considered a criminal by the Soviets.”

Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.28, Penguin
“The cameraâ€™s not a camera, really. Itâ€™s an open door we need to walk through.Â Itâ€™s up to us to keep moving our feet.”
“On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.”
“No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for love of Allah.”
“I read the papers, I surf the Web. At the beginning of the year, I try to see at least two episodes of every show on our network. Am I surfing? All the time. I'm aware of the landscape. I'm a competitor, so I have to know whom I'm competing with.”

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