I canโtโโ Lena repeated. โI canโt do it. I canโt live without him.โ Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jaredโs. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lenaโreally looked at her straight in the eye. โGood,โ Sara told her. โNow you know how it feels.
Karin SlaughterReading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.
Karin SlaughterEvery successful author I know faced crushing rejection early on, and they got back up and kept going.
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