Quotes From "The Shining Girls" By Lauren Beukes

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Only other people can make you feel real. Lauren Beukes
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(…) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' (…) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness. Lauren Beukes
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Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting Lauren Beukes
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She's even been practicing making out with the back of her hand. Which was about as effective as tickling yourself. It's why you needed other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real. Lauren Beukes
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Dope don't have no sympathy, not for love or family, definitely not for fear. Put dope and the devil up against each other in the ring, and dope will win out. Every single time. Lauren Beukes
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Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's some kind of high-calorie compensation. Lauren Beukes
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She laughs, and that's really all he wanted. Lauren Beukes
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There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all be random. Lauren Beukes
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It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real. Lauren Beukes
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Time heals. Crushes let up. Splinters work their way out. Doesn't mean they don't leave scars that itch. Lauren Beukes