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“I'm not a person but a place where bad things happen.”
― Rivers Solomon, Model Home

“Despite all the coddling denied me as a child, I never became the independent island of my mother's dreams. I'm a baby bird, chirping for anyone at all to spit food into my mouth.”
― 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

“My phone dings, finally, and I slide it out of my torn pocket, ready to receive whatever comfort, whatever regurgitated worm flesh, my sisters have to feed me in this moment of obvious catastrophe. Their words will be derisory and remind me only that I am alone, but they will provide fuel for my self-pity, which is its own comfort.”
― Rivers Solomon, Model Home