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“But I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater than my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance.”
— Amy Engel, The Book of Ivy
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared by scars.”
— Khalil Gibran
Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.
– Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
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“The years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make or break, you no longer have the excuse of youth, and it is time to become an adult.”
— Helen Mirren
“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.”
— Unknown
“I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, “Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with.” And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink―it’s gone.”
— Jacqueline Woodson, If You Come Softly
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Today I lay to rest the child that wasn’t ready to be fatherless and confused forever.
I lay to rest the teenager with the sore throat from screaming at God during all of her quiet moments.
I lay to rest with them:
The expectations they both had for me. And that of my mothers. And that of my fathers. And of both my countries hold on my self worth.
I present myself in one piece despite thinking I’d never have the honor to bring them all peace.
A.F.L 7/2/23
Idea Vilariño, tr. by Jesse Lee Kercheval, from Poemas de amor / Love Poems; "The Witness"
[Text: "I don't ask you for anything / don't accept anything from you. / It's enough that you are / in the world / that you know I am / in the world"]