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“All men are villains. He was afraid, I realized, and I wonder now if it was because he his proclamation made him a villain too.”
― The Kingdom of Back
― The Kingdom of Back
“He tells you to play, so you play. He tells you to curtsy, so you curtsy. He tells what you are meant to do and what you are meant not to do, so you do and you dono do. He tells you not to be angry, so you smile, you turn your eyes down, you are quiet and do exactly as he says in the hopes that this is what he wants, and then one night you realize that you have given him so much of yourself that you are nothing but the curtsy and the smile and the quiet. That you are nothing.”
― The Kingdom of Back
― The Kingdom of Back
“Hope is the real magic, child.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
“There is a gaping hole perhaps for all of us, where our mother does not match up with “mother” as we believe it’s meant to mean and all it’s meant to give us. What I cannot tell her is all that I would tell her if I could find a way to not still be sad and angry about that.”
― What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
― What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
“Our past makes us what we are.” “No,” I tell him, remembering the weight lifting from my shoulders as I let go of my mom and dad. “No, it doesn’t. We choose who we are. Every day. Every minute. The past is gone. Tomorrow is worth a million yesterdays, don’t you see?”
― Aurora Burning
― Aurora Burning
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