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I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from each other, the earth, ourselves.

Susan Griffin , in A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War
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We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive.

V.C. Andrews , in Flowers in the Attic
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Then turn your eyes back on me,and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects. We haven'tremained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time.

V.C. Andrews , in Flowers in the Attic
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