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“She was thinking about the way she’d always taken for granted that the world had certain people in it, either central to her days…

— Emily St. John Mandel

“She needed a world without so many standards and restrictions and expectations–one more friendly to a girl who thought differently from other people.”

— Cinda Williams Chima

“What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her.”

— Roald Dahl

“She found that the whole world could be contained in one place because that place was herself. Nothing had prepared her for this.”

— Jeanette Winterson

“She was becoming the person she'd be for her whole life. Each thing she chose contributed to that person. She didn't want to be…

— Ann Brashares

“I wondered if there was any way to live amongst other people and refuse to be harnessed by their expectations and dependencies.”

— Robin Hobb

“Testimony to her belief that life could be managed if things were only kept in their proper places.”

— Carolee Dean

“One woman couldn’t change the world. She could just make small parts of it better.”

— Victoria Thompson

“Growing up I often wondered how the world would be today if, since the beginning of human life, every person acted as I did.”

— Criss Jami

“It was OK to need people; she was learning that. You just had to be careful.”

— Nicole Richie

“Like most children, she came into the world assuming everyone was good, and spent the rest of her life discovering otherwise.”

— Shanthi Sekaran

“I didn't know how to be in the world without her.”

— Sue Monk Kidd