Being Ok Quotes

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Charlotte Eriksson
“You’re lonely,” they say,
but it doesn’t scare me
anymore
for it teaches me,
and maybe that’s the biggest win from these years:
I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore,
like I always thought I would.
I don’t break mirrors anymore,
like I always thought I would.

I can finally stand myself,
and I never thought I would.”
Charlotte Eriksson, You're Doing Just Fine

Rudy Francisco
“Yes, I'm fine; yes, I'm always fine.
No, I'm not just saying that so
you'll leave me alone.”
Rudy Francisco, I'll Fly Away

Joy Harjo
“No. I was not okay.
And neither was James Baldwin though his essays
Were perfect spinning platters of comprehension of the fight
To assert humanness in a black and white world.”
Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise

Rainbow Rowell
“I'm fine," Georgie said.

"I can tell. Fine people are always telling everybody how fine they are.”
Rainbow Rowell, Landline

Jeffrey Fry
“I never lied on how much I loved you, or needed you, or missed you. I only lie about me being OK.”
Jeffrey Fry

Penelope Lively
“Her face, suddenly, contorts. The lips pinch and tighten. A hand crawls across the sheet. Lisa says, 'Are you all right?'

'No," says Claudia. 'But who is?”
Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

H.C.  Roberts
“I don’t know if I’ll ever be okay…but I’ll be.”
H.C. Roberts, Harp and the Lyre: Extraction