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Being a tourist, I was beginning to see, meant being infantilized much of the time. All power is contextual.
“I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They’re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Home is where you feel like yourself,”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Your voice is a weapon. Never forget that.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
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