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“No one picks a friend for us; we come together by choice. We are not tied together through ceremony or the responsibility to create a son; we tie ourselves together through moments. The spark when we first meet. Laughter and tears shared. Secrets packed away to be treasured, hoarded, and protected. The wonder that someone can be so different from you and yet still understand your heart in a way no one else ever will.”
― Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women

“I wish I hadn't been taught that it was my job to make people happy all the time instead of that people are allowed to feel not happy.”
― Allyson Dinneen, Notes From Your Therapist

“Look, we are not unspectacular things. We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder?”
― Ada Limon, The Carrying: Poems

“I feel as though becoming a woman is like a long tradition of going through things and coming out strong, but I am tired and weary!”
― Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour