“She reaches out, her fingers closing over my wrist long enough to squeeze. It's not an *I'll be okay* touch, because she's just spoken the words that say it's not. It's an *I'm here* touch, and it's enough. It has to be. Because it's all we have.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
“You owed it to me to not outright lie to me.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
“How to look into someone's eyes while there isn't a true word coming out of your mouth, but they believe it because enough of you believes it.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
“Some traits you can dye away and some names you can forge fresh, but you can't hide from your true self and the lessons you learned in the dark of night.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
“I'm constantly feeling from the shift. Nothing's steady. There's no solid ground. I learn to dance on a tilting one instead.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
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