He'd gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse. It seemed like this should tell God something.
("The Secret Life of Bees")
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Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can't ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.
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You can tell which girls lack mothers by the look of their hair...
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We can't think of changing our skin color. Change the world - that's how we gotta think.
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Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.
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I wondered what it was like to be inside her, just a curl of flesh swimming in the darkness, the quiet things that had passed between us.
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