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“I wanted to explain myself to myself in an understandable way. I gave shape to my fears and made excuses. I varied my velocities, watched myselves sleep. Something's not right about what I'm doing but I'm still doing it-- living in the worst parts, ruining myself. My inner life is a sheet of black glass. If I fell through the floor I would keep falling.
The enormity of my desire disgusts me.”
― Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

“You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Netochka Nezvanova

“Perché ci si abitua a tutto: ma quando abituarsi significa rinunciare alla libertà bisogna agire e riprendersela, a ogni costo. Per questo Lei dovrebbe sempre domandarsi: a cosa mi sono abituata senza rendermene conto?”
― Liberati della brava bambina. Otto storie per fiorire Maura Gancitano, Andrea Colamedici

“I have a difficult enough time getting motivated to take good care of myself. I cannot imagine having to always put a child first.’ Maria, 26”
― Emma Gannon, Olive