"Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, 'When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all."

Integrity, Secrets, Truth, Wisdom, Awareness

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"Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, 'When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all."

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"Did I ever tell you about the day I finally let go of him? That day that led me to you?"

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"Did you get rid of that sweater like I asked?'Yes, Mother, ' Josey said.'I wasn't trying to be mean the other day. It just doesn't look good on you.'Yes, Mother, ' Josey said.The truth was, that sweater, that color, looked good on her daughter. And every time she wore it, it hinted at something that scared Margaret.Josey was growing into her beauty.Margaret watched Josey leave.She used to be a beautiful woman, the most beautiful woman around.She brought out the photo again.But that was forever ago."

Anger

"Love always hurts. That's one thing I know you know. But it's worth it. That's what you don't know. Yet."

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"I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was."

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"Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it."

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"Some of Bay's fondest memories were of lying under the apple tree in the summer while Claire gardened and the apple tree tossed apples at her like a dog trying to coax its owner into playing catch."

Nostalgia

"It felt as though they were the only people in the world, two young women about to bury the symbol of their helplessness, as if that's all it would take to make them whole again."

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"If a man has so much heat he burns your skin when he touches you, he's the devil. Run away"

Failure

"There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it."

Society

"Josey shook her head, thinking, if Della Lee were a candy, she would be a SweeTart. Not the hard kind that broke your teeth, the chewy kind, the kind you had to work on and mull over, your eyes watering and your lips turning up into a smile you didn't want to give."

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