“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
“I love you.'' I need to say it to her. I don't say it a lot. I should've said it more.”
― The Girls I've Been
― The Girls I've Been
“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
“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
“I hate the whole ''what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'' saying. It's bullshit. Sometimes what doesn't kill you is worse. Sometimes what kills you is preferable. Sometimes what doesn't kill you messes you up so bad it's always a fight to make it through what you're left with. What didn't kill me didn't make me stronger; what didn't kill me made me a victim.
But I made me stronger. I made me a survivor.”
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But I made me stronger. I made me a survivor.”
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