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"Gracie's father was an engineer, her mother an accountant. I couldn't picture either one of them yelling or throwing things or having affairs. I could see my dad doing stuff like that. Trish sure did. But Dad carried a war in his skull, and Trish was a drunk. Gracie's parents didn't have anything like that to deal with, but their daughter was falling apart on the bathroom floor."
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"Children are great observers."
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Personal Development
"Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask that fugging question. But no. No. Daddy does not have a match or a lighter."
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"May your home always be filled with love, laughter and happiness."
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"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."
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"Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon."
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"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."
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"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."
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"Children observe everything with caution."
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"Family is the greatest treasure."
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"Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted."
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"Me: 'All right, but you said we had to put emotion into our art. I don't know what that means. I don't know what I'm supposed to feel."
Expression
"There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore."
Recovery
"I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid."
Social
"I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin."
Trauma
"It was hard to know how to play the game when the rules kept changing."
Uncertainty
"It doesn't matter where I go, I don't want to be there. And then I get to the next place, and I don't want to be there either."
Existentialism
"Revision means throwing out the boring crap and making what's left sound natural."
Creativity
"IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding."
Acceptance
"There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When I was tiny we would by a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations. It seems like my parents gave up the magic when I figured out the Santa lie. Maybe I shouldn't have told them I knew where the presents really came from. It broke their hearts."
Tradition
"The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked so you don't accidentally put your head in a noose."
Philosophy
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