Pumpkin Empanada
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“You have to take every opportunity for singing in this life”
― The Threefold Tie
― The Threefold Tie

“You made me a victim. . . . I had to force myself to relearn my real name, my identity. To relearn that this is not all that I am. . . . I am a human being who has been irreversibly hurt, my life was put on hold for over a year, waiting to figure out if I was worth something.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir

“This book does not have a happy ending. The happy part is there is no ending, because I'll always find a way to keep going.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name

“The scars were a reminder that she came back.”
― Lovely War
― Lovely War

“And when she sobbed until her eyes were bloodshot and her nose ran, he gave her a handkerchief and took advantage of nothing. Nothing but the chance to say, wordlessly, Here; you’ve been carrying that alone for a long time. Let me carry it with you awhile.”
― Lovely War
― Lovely War
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