“If you didn’t bother to open your book last night, I’ll thank you to not to open your mouth today”—”
― The Blackwoods
― The Blackwoods
“Sometimes we hold so tightly to the hurt from the past that we miss the happiness ahead, and if there is one thing we deserve, Lotus, it’s happiness wherever we can find it.”
― Hook Shot
― Hook Shot
“The traditions that hold in hope of carrying us through whatever the foreign world may put us through.”
― Wearing My Mother's Heart
― Wearing My Mother's Heart
“Life will forever be a challenge, but whenever it feels too hard, too rough, too unkind, remember, you’re never alone. Cristina Serafine Trudeau, you are the descendent of Queens, and that means that even when it seems you’re standing all alone, you have a long line of ancestors at your back.”
― Blood Justice
― Blood Justice
“I hope you’re taking care of yourself.” I told Merris I was practicing all the self-care I could handle. She scoffed. “Please. I don’t mean your moon rocks or whatever you’ve done that got oil all over everything down here. That’s fine; so is the messaging. But at a certain point it becomes running, when most of moving on is just getting out of bed and plodding forward. Call it what you must, but you need to practice walking around and living life and being heartbroken at the same time. Not in an exciting way, where you’re in the thrall of some new person, or buying something outrageous, or terrorizing Jiro, but in the way you still have to go to work when you have a toothache.”
― Really Good, Actually
― Really Good, Actually
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