“Food is a way we take care of people we love.”
― Taking Up Space
― Taking Up Space
“Starving yourself is not going to make you better at anything.”
― Taking Up Space
― Taking Up Space
“The best you can do is treat them how you want them to treat you, stand up for yourself, and then don’t waste your energy worrying what they think. I know that’s especially hard right now when you can’t avoid them, but it’s good practice. There will be Tamars and Sages for the rest of your life.”
― Taking Up Space
― Taking Up Space
“Vacations always end. It’s the very fact that it’s finite that makes traveling special. You could move to any one of those destinations you loved in small doses, and it wouldn’t be the spellbinding, life-altering seven days you spent there as a guest, letting a place into your heart fully, letting it change you.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“I don’t feel good about myself. I’m not happy. And I want to be. I think I deserve to be.”
― Taking Up Space
― Taking Up Space
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