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I am near fourteen and have never yet seen a hanging. My life is barren.

Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.

I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.

Seems to me God made a big mistake when He failed to put handles on watermelons.

Seems to me home is where I am loved and safe and needed.

Corpus bones, I thought. To be wedded to this perfumed prig with his mouth in a knot and a frown always on his face!

Love brightens and purifies the heart.

Just because you don't know everything don't mean you know nothing.

I want to remake the whole world; anything less is not worth the trouble.

I feel safer when you're here. You're so big and sturdy, like a beautiful tree I can lean on and not knock over.

Minds, like diapers, need occasional changing.

I think sometimes that people are like onions. On the outside smooth and whole and simple but inside ring upon ring, complex and deep.

I know what I want. A full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.

She must not look too proud nor yet too humble, lest people say she is proud of her humility."

Excerpt From: "Catherine, Called Birdy.

Fathers should make you feel safe.

She dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. It was as cold and dark inside her as out in the frosty night.

My pains are but trifling things compared to my joy.