“Because one thing she’s learned through all this is that if a new beginning is really new, it will feel like a crisis. Any real change should make you feel, at first, afraid. If you’re not afraid of it, then it’s not real change.”
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“I'd chosen the regret I could live with best, that's all. I'd chosen the life I belonged to."
(Sarah Grimke's character)”
― The Invention of Wings
(Sarah Grimke's character)”
― The Invention of Wings
“I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect.”
― In the Woods
― In the Woods
“Seeing ourselves clearly is the project of a lifetime.”
― The Nix
― The Nix
“The things you love the most will one day hurt you the worst.”
― The Nix
― The Nix
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