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Ultimately, everyone who gets close to you is going to see inside your closet on its worst day, and their reaction to that is what will tell you if you’re going to make it or not. You can’t live an entire life secured in by Spanx.
“One of the best things a father can do for his daughter is let her know that she has met his expectations. My father did that for me, and no amount of effort on my part can fully repay the debt.”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
“Life is not unlike cinema. Each scene has its own music, and the music is created for the scene, woven to it in ways we do not understand. No matter how much we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one, we must dance within the music of today, or we will always be out of step, stumbling around in something that doesn’t suit the moment.”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
“I shush my mind, because your mind can ruin you if you let it.”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
“I drop her on the cot and turn away and grab my hair and pull until it hurts. I want to pull all of it out. Every single piece. I want a pain I understand instead of the one I don’t. I want a pain that has a beginning and an end, not one that goes on forever and cuts all the way to the bone.”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
“In my multifold years of life, I have learned that most people get along as best they can. They don’t intend to hurt anyone. It is merely a terrible by-product of surviving.”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
Jill’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jill’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,929 books
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33 friends
1,930 books
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95 friends
627 books
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50 friends
1,177 books
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131 friends
619 books
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121 friends
1,094 books
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18 friends
2,597 books
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1,010 friends
984 books
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84 friends
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