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Joya Goffney grew up in New Waverly, a small town in East Texas. In high school, she challenged herself with to-do lists full of risk-taking items like ‘hug a random boy’ and ‘eat a cricket,’ which inspired her debut novel. With a passion for black social psychology, she moved out of the countryside to attend the University of Texas in Austin, where she still resides.

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	Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry 4.06 avg rating — 31,315 ratings — published 2021 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“There are enough closed doors and glass ceilings in the world. My comfort zone shouldn’t be one of them.”
― Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

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“I wasted so much time living in fear that I thought I was comfortable, but I was writing in a cage that I didn't know existed, making lists of all my worries with no intent to do anything about them.”
― Joya Goffney, Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

tags: fear, fearless, inspirational, realisation

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“I feel like you see parts of me that I never knew existed.”
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“In two weeks my skin will have no memory of Olly’s hand on mine, but my brain will remember. We can have immortality or the memory of touch. But we can’t have both.

Yoon, Nicola. Everything, Everything (p. 122). Random House Children's Books. Kindle Edition.”
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“You're not living if you're not regretting.”
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“White shouldn’t be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn’t even be a default.

Albertalli, Becky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (p. 269). Balzer + Bray. Kindle Edition.”
― BECKY ALBERTALLI, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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“Being secure in your masculinity isn’t the same as being straight.”
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“And I think about all the things we could be
if we were never told our bodies were not built for them.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

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