#breaking night

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Read the book ✔️ Watched the movie ✔️

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Inspirational Quotes from Liz Murray

Inspirational Quotes from Liz Murray

Elizabeth (Liz) Murray (born September 23, 1980) is an American inspirational speaker who is notable for having been accepted by Harvard University despite being homeless in her high school years.  Born in the Bronx, New York, to poor and drug-addicted parents, both of whom were ill and died young, she became homeless just after she turned 15. Despite her late high school start and lack of a…

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Another city, Another lonely town. Crazy nights, Filled with lovely words. The rain pools in the hollow of your throat, As we lay under the storm. It was a gold crescendo, And muted cries, Full of our fears. If death was chasing us Out of this life, I would hide away and never live, Always fearful of the grave. But I am drawn out By the stars, Shrouded in darkness. As their sweet light, Dances against my eyelids. The irrevocable departing of the sea, Greets thee with a cold widower if death? So I offer up my broken pieces, Filling the sky with stained colors, Scattered with my thoughts. For I am certain the ashes will fall, And the night will break into day. So thou whilst come find me, Sleeping amongst the lilies.

Breaking night

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“Instead, what I was beginning to understand was that however things unfolded from here on, whatever the next chapter was, my life could never be the sum of one circumstance. It would be determined, as it had always been, by my willingness to put one foot in front of the other, moving forward, come what may.” ― Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

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Appreciating...  Breaking Night directed by Yolonda Ross