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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“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

“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?”
― 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