"If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child."

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Source : Linda Sunshine (2012). “Mom Loves Me Best: (And Other Lies You Told Your Sister)”, p.20, Andrews McMeel Publishing

Linda Sunshine

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“Our lives our guided by that general conception of the course of things which has been created by society for social purposes.”

Source : William Kingdon Clifford (1879). “Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon Clifford”
“People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.”

Source : Jonathan Ames (2015). “Wake Up, Sir!”, p.119, Pushkin Press
“Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock”
“I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word.”
“Mom, you're the one who said to never stop in case I get raped or picked up by a democrat.”
“A win is a win, which is about that particular moment.”
“If one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar ambitions would be the height of confusion.”
“Write 10 times: 'Fear is my friend. Fear is the energy to do my best in a new situation.' You don't have to believe it; just write it.”

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