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Cara
https://www.goodreads.com/hellocara
Tom Lake
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I was forever jotting down ideas for my syllabus in the back of a spiral notebook,
“We were “po.” That’s a level lower than poor. I’ve heard some of my friends say, “We were poor, too, but I just didn’t know it until I got older.” We were poor and we knew it.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“Show me the hero. Show me the tragedy.
Heroes always cause their own downfalls. I didn't want to be a hero.”
― Finding Me
Heroes always cause their own downfalls. I didn't want to be a hero.”
― Finding Me
“It’s futile to ask why. Instead ask yourself, ‘What did I learn from this?’” What have I learned from all of it? There is absolutely no way whatsoever to get through this life without scars.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a different past. They tell you successful therapy is when you have the big discovery that your parents did the best they could with what they were given.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
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