“There’s this toxic belief that family should stick together simply because they’re family. But the best thing I ever did for myself was walk away from them. It scares me to think of where I might be had I not done that.”
― It Starts with Us
― It Starts with Us
“The very moment you give up is the very moment you let someone else win.”
― The Family Guest
― The Family Guest
“Sometimes, deciding on what to eat felt like the biggest decision of her life, the endless options overwhelming her, swarming her brain in a dysfunctional tangle of choices, until she knew she’d make the wrong decision regardless and just blurted out the next thing her eyes landed on.”
― Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake
― Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake
“Your brain was built different and that’s beautiful, never a burden.”
― Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake
― Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake
“I was jealous of anyone who had ever loved something enough to experience losing it.”
― It Starts with Us
― It Starts with Us
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