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“But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch. You can’t pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

“But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch. You can't pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

“She put her faith in the transformative power new boots, liquid eyeliner, and once-terrifyingly-a beret, as if identity could sleep in from the outside, like nicotine from a patch”
― Alexandra Andrews, Who is Maud Dixon?

“Today I made love to my woman.

Not because I wanted to right then,

But because I knew i'd want to when we started,

And that the walk on the beach we took afterward would be more romantic,

The cocktail I made at 5:45 would taste better,

The shrimp I seasoned would have more savour,

The all-star game we watched at 7:00 would be more exciting,

The music we danced to til midmight would have more rhythm,

And the conversation about life we had together, sitting across the table from each other, until 3:00 am in the morning would be more inspiring.

And it was.”
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights