I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewi…

Janet Fitch
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I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.88, Hachette UK
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I couldn't imagine owning beauty like my mothers. I wouldn't dare. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.41, Hachette UK
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Life should always be like this. ... Like lingering over a good meal.
...You know the mistrust of heights is the mistrust of self, you don't know whether you're going to jump. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.207, Hachette UK
I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press

I hated labels anyway. People didn't fit in slots--prostitute, housewife, saint--like sorting the mail. We were so mutable, fluid with fear and desire, ideals and angles, changeable as water. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.88, Hachette UK

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