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Sarah Schettler
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“That's parenting. We're all doing our best. We're exhausted, confused, and feeling like we're constantly being judged by everyone else who looks like they've got it all figured out. But no one does. We're all just making it up as we go.”
― Things We Never Got Over
― Things We Never Got Over
“The love, true love, it should have eclipsed the shame, but there is so much judgment involved in parenthood that it never did. The shame is so easy to access, at the school gates, at the doctor's, on fucking Mumsnet. She can't let it go.”
― Wrong Place Wrong Time
― Wrong Place Wrong Time
“Most people don't cross rooms and oceans, embark on journeys with no promise of land to light on.”
― No Land to Light On
― No Land to Light On
“Books had been her solace when she was sad, her friends when she was lonely. They had mended her heart when it was broken, and encouraged her to hope when she was down.”
― The Bookshop on the Corner
― The Bookshop on the Corner
“So is setting an example for your niece about how she doesn’t need to turn herself inside out to be loved. How she doesn’t need to set herself on fire to keep someone else warm. Demanding to have your own needs met isn’t problematic—it’s heroic, and kids are watching. They’re always watching. If you set an example that tells her the only way she’s worthy of love is by giving everyone everything, she’ll internalize that message.”
― Things We Never Got Over
― Things We Never Got Over
Bunmi's Butterfly Book Club
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— last activity Jun 18, 2019 08:51AM
Hi and welcome! As you know I love reading and would also love to be able to discuss what I’m reading (rag on characters, get too attached to characte ...more
Sarah’s 2025 Year in Books
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131 books
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3,558 friends
700 books
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66 friends
568 books
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974 books
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1,218 books
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121 friends
522 books
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42 books
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148 books
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