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> [“Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/her-immediate-impulse-was-one-of-self-preservation-she-was-tied-up-in/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

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> [“Distance and time and a whitewashed mind hadn’t kept a child from growing, from existing, from demanding a place on this earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/distance-and-time-and-a-whitewashed-mind-hadn-t-kept-a-child-from/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

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> [“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/rage-and-despair-shook-her-for-minutes-or-hours-she-was-unaware-of/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

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## More by V.S. Kemanis

> [“Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there was something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/her-immediate-impulse-was-one-of-self-preservation-she-was-tied-up-in/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

> [“Distance and time and a whitewashed mind hadn’t kept a child from growing, from existing, from demanding a place on this earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/distance-and-time-and-a-whitewashed-mind-hadn-t-kept-a-child-from/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

> [“The reality and what it meant was slowly dawning: the betrayal, deception, and omission. Clandestine meetings. Evasion under questioning. In hindsight, Dana and Evan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/the-reality-and-what-it-meant-was-slowly-dawning-the-betrayal/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

> [“She’d discovered the beginnings of her adult person, her preference for lucidity, prudence, responsibility, and restraint. Tranquility could be eked from boredom, results from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/she-d-discovered-the-beginnings-of-her-adult-person-her-preference/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

> [“ No one is on this road , she thought. No one but us. Everyone knows this isn’t the place to be at three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/no-one-is-on-this-road-she-thought-no-one-but-us-everyone-knows-this/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

> [“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward and collapsed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-kemanis/rage-and-despair-shook-her-for-minutes-or-hours-she-was-unaware-of/)

[V.S. Kemanis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-kemanis/)

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