Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes
It was like she understood something about me that she'd never quite understood before. I always felt that when she looked at me, she was trying to find me, trying to find out who I was. But it seemed at that moment that she saw me, that she knew me. But that confused me.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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Evidence can vary depending on the circumstances, the weather, and how long it has been hanging around.
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Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
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And the associated danger for the identity of Europe cannot be ignored out of a wrongly understood sense of respect... The Catholic side sees this clearly and says as much.
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It was like she understood something about me that she'd never quite understood before. I always felt that when she looked at me, she was trying to find me, trying to find out who I was. But it seemed at that moment that she saw me, that she knew me. But that confused me.
