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“You are who you are, and you like what you like. You are you, and that's a lovely person to be.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“I can tell life has not been easy or always kind to you, but you haven’t let it turn you hard. Not like a stone. You became like water. You move with it all. You’re soft… but powerful.” I”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, Out on a Limb

“You should always have a close friend you’re slightly afraid of.” Why? “Because it means that you’ll have someone in your life who really challenges you, who forces you to become better in some way, in whatever way you’re most scared of: Their approval is what’ll hold you accountable.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise

“I felt as if my mother was the only person who could help me grieve her. How could she leave me to do that alone?”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, Out of the Woods