“I am humanity. He crawled. I am humanity. He fell. I am humanity. He got up.”
― The Infinite Sea
― The Infinite Sea
“I know now that I don’t want to love or be loved in half measures. I want it all, and to have it all, you have to risk it all.”
― P.S. I Still Love You
― P.S. I Still Love You
“I have a new respect for grief and a new respect for myself as a traveller in it. I used to be frightened of loving people because I thought I wouldn't survive losing them, but now I see that making friends with grief, accepting it as part of being human, will liberate me to love even more, and that the love is always worth it”
― A Manual for Heartache
― A Manual for Heartache
“They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But watch: They will come back to you.”
― Mom & Me & Mom
― Mom & Me & Mom
“i'm only human, & inadequacy is what makes us human, & if we was perfect we wdnt have nothin to strive for, so you might as well go on & forgive me pretty baby, cause i'm sorry”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Ruthie’s 2025 Year in Books
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