“She doesn’t say the title the way others do; there are no strings attached. I hold her full trust in my hands and it is a terribly fragile thing. I will not break it.”
― Ash Princess
― Ash Princess
“I don’t want to be pulled into my past any longer, the fractured, broken mirror of it swimming with shards of me that don’t align.”
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“She said from the moment she met him she could tell that all he wanted was to find a way to strap her into Nebraska’s electric chair. But the joke was on him. Because she requested hanging.”
― All These Bodies
― All These Bodies
“My life stretches out before me like sunlight on water. I am healing. With safety, with peace and … by my side - I don’t look forward dread, but with hope.”
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“Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give way to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself. My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, empathic and absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Educated
― Educated
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