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> [“I am learning the pathways of the heart, Eleanor thought quite seriously, and then wondered what she could have meant by thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/i-am-learning-the-pathways-of-the-heart-eleanor-thought-quite/)

[Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/)

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> [“Who would look at him and guess what he was? A sodomite. Or almost a sodomite. Certainly in thought, if not quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-chambers/who-would-look-at-him-and-guess-what-he-was-a-sodomite-or-almost-a/)

[Joanna Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-chambers/)

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> [“Bert and Dehlia had planted the seed of thought in her mind, and it was growing away busily putting out new shoots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/bert-and-dehlia-had-planted-the-seed-of-thought-in-her-mind-and-it/)

[Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/)

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> [I did well in school. I had lots of honors, so I thought I was quite smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-did-well-in-school-i-had-lots-of-honors-so-i-thought-i-was-quite/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/frederick-lenz-8_honor_i-did-well-in-school-i-had-lots-of-honor_1371062.jpg)

> [I have often thought I would have been quite happy as a spider.Even a spider has the right to a mate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-kay/i-have-often-thought-i-would-have-been-quite-happy-as-a-spider-even-a/)

[Susan Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-kay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/susan-kay-23526_has-beens_i-have-often-thought-i-would-have-been-q_2624666.jpg)

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