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Broken Country

by Clare Leslie Hall (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: overdrive, currently-reading

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“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
― Brene Brown

tags: belonging, courage, inspirational, light, love, vulnerability

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“an English girl might well believe
that time is how you spend your love.”
― Nick Laird, To a Fault

tags: love, nick-laird, poem, poetry, the-last-saturday-in-ulster, time, zadie-smith

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“Cruelty is cheap, easy, and rampant. It’s also chicken-shit. Especially when you attack and criticize anonymously—like technology allows so many people to do these days.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

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