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“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

“The kids who grow up fine do so because of us, or despite us.”
― Rivers Solomon, Model Home

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