Words and stories were tools to elicit the desired reactions in others, and I was an expert craftswoman.
“I found the old me, still in here, and the new me sitting right along side her. We made friends.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
“Shall I let you go?" In all of my days, I don't think I'll find any other words more difficult to say.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
“I feel a tide swell inside me, this sense of myself as a whole, loved person, as owner of my own heart, a whisper and then a roar.
Me. Me. Me.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
Me. Me. Me.”
― The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
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