“That was what the books did—they turned off your thinking for you, put their thoughts in your head so you wouldn't have your own.”
― The Broken Girls
― The Broken Girls
“As scary as this can be I want you to know no matter how broken you feel, and how seemingly unlikely it is, we are never too broken to heal.”
― Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
― Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
“In the end, the courage of women can't be stamped out. And stories - the big ones, the true ones - can be caught but never killed.”
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
“They’re not special at all. The South Side is filled with kids like that.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.”
― Educated
― Educated
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