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“That is the thing about the water, it is not yours to control. You are at the mercy of nature. That’s what makes surfing feel like more than sport: It requires destiny to be on your side, the ocean must favor you.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“I would not have you be alone, Lina, not in your joys or your sorrows. I would wish your strand knotted to mine, always.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes

“Fear is just a game, Shiori, I reminded myself. You win by playing.”
― Elizabeth Lim, Six Crimson Cranes

“My mother had never known me either, though it wasn't because I hadn't given her a chance. I'd given her a lot of chances. What was saddest was that she didn't seem to want to know me, not as I was on the inside. I wasn't even sure if she could grasp that I had an inside, that I was real. Sometimes it seemed impossible that she had ever given birth to me at all. Other times, it made perfect sense that I had lived inside her for so long. It explained why she could only see me as an extension of herself.”
― Melissa Broder, Milk Fed