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“Mama knows she is being cruel, and I know that she knows that she's being cruel, and she knows that I know, and she wants to stop, but she also wants to not stop because it feels too good to make her point.”
― Rivers Solomon, Model Home

“Grief’s iron grip never weakens. You just become accustomed to its hand around your throat, moving forward but never moving on.”
― Loretta Rothschild, Finding Grace

“It's stupid to run from pain instead of to it because pain always comes, and if I could just accept that, life would not be a constant fluctuation between numbness and fear.”
― Rivers Solomon, Model Home

“You telling me you don't know by now to expect pain? says Mama.

I lived in a house devoted to my breaking apart, but I refused to be wrong in front of Mama.

I guess I hope every time it will be different.

I wait for Mama to mock my confession. A woman dedicated to relentless self-reliance, she's built her three children to be invulnerable.”
― Rivers Solomon, Model Home