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"I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was."
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"I also knew I had inherited the name of the world's most famous philosopher. I hated that. Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.So I renamed myself Ari.If I switched the letter, my name was Air.I thought it might be a great thing to be the air.I could be something and nothing at the same time. I could be necessary and also invisible. Everyone would need me and no one would be able to see me."
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"He comes to this other world and he has to reinvent himself. Again, it felt natural, even though I'd been working really hard trying to come up with something."
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"I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was."
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"Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire."
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"There comes a time when you may realize that what once worked brilliantly for you is no longer effective, relevant, or competitive. And as a result, you set out to do a make-over, or design new improvements that will make it better. After your innovations, hard work, and implementation, the time comes to relaunch, reveal your changes, and reveal the new."
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"New York City is the place where people come to invent, reinvent, or find the room they need to be who they wish to be."
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"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."
Bonding
"There was a strange but universal understanding among women. On some level all women knew, they all understood, the fear of being outnumbered, of being helpless. It throbbed in their chests when they thought about the times they left stores and were followed. The knocks on their car windows as they were sitting alone at red lights, and strangers asking for rides. Having too much to drink and losing their ability to be forceful enough to just say no. Smiling at strange men coming on to them, not wanting to hurt their feelings, not wanting to make a scene. All women remembered these things, even if they had never happened to them personally. It was a part of their collective unconscious."
Fear
"Happiness is a risk. If you're not a little scared, then you're not doing it right."
Happiness
"You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you can make up a new one."
Pathway
"It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon."
Nostalgia
"Don't be vain. What you look like doesn't matter. It's the deed that matters."
Wisdom
"Yellow joy was radiating from her. When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over. It was almost too bright to watch."
Joy
"Those stories were the sound track of my summer with you."
Memory
"It was a remarkable realization to Eby, that we are what we're taught. That was why the Morris women were what they were. It was because they knew no different."
Identity
"When Josey woke up and saw the feathery frost on her windowpane, she smiled. Finally, it was cold enough to wear long coats and tights. It was cold enough for scarves and shirts worn in layers, like camouflage. It was cold enough for her lucky red cardigan, which she swore had a power of its own. She loved this time of year. Summer was tedious with the light dresses she pretended to be comfortable in while secretly sure she looked like a loaf of white bread wearing a belt. The cold was such a relief."
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