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“I was so used to pretending to be something I wasn't, it shocked me to be seen for what I was.”

Romance Loneliness Kiss Crying Librarian Lesbian Lgbtqia Rachel

Book:Orphan Number Eight

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“He walked across the room and flicked a switch. A spotlight turned on, illuminating a laminated poster of a woman on his wall. He took a crayon from his pocket and began drawing on it. I could see smudges from past demonstrations. [. . .] His dashed lines crisscrossed the woman's chest as if he were planning a military maneuver on undulating terrain.”

Fear Cancer Surgery Helplessness Breast Cancer Breast Exam Doctor Visit

Book:Orphan Number Eight

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“What life she had left could be measured in hours. Small recompense though they were, they belonged to me now. I had only to claim them.”

Medicine Revenge Nurse Doctor Recompense Rachel Malpractice Hospice Care Mildred Solomon

Book:Orphan Number Eight

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“What makes you think I ever got married? Married women work themselves to death, all their money goes to husbands who gamble it away. Why would I ever do that to myself?”

Marriage Feminism Equal Pay Marriage Equality Chinese American Businesswoman Mrs Hong Wig Maker

Book:Orphan Number Eight

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“Built on the insubstantial foundation of our feelings, the life we had created together seemed a figment of our imaginations that dissolved into fairy dust in the face of something real, and deadly, like cancer.”

Feelings Reality Romance Cancer Rachel Tumor Insubstantial

Book:Orphan Number Eight

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“Rachel had been worried she couldn't remember what Sam looked like; now she worried he wouldn't recognize her.”

Family Loneliness Brother Sister Orphanage Orphans Sam Rachel Time Apart

Book:Orphan Number Eight

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