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“But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“When you live where we live
You say what it is & if you can't say what it is
Or if it hurt too much,
Or maybe it's too confusing
You just say "whatever"
That way you ain't no lie”
― Chlorine Sky
You say what it is & if you can't say what it is
Or if it hurt too much,
Or maybe it's too confusing
You just say "whatever"
That way you ain't no lie”
― Chlorine Sky
“[H]e watches the stream in the same steady way he regards the world, absorbing much, giving away little.”
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“American children like you are so easily offended. I think you like being offended. Because you have never been hungry or poor.”
― Disorientation
― Disorientation
“Justice and fairness are for other people, umbrellas that open only for certain heads. The Chinese just try to stay out of the rain, and if we are caught in a downpour, we make do, knowing that the rain will not last forever.”
― The Downstairs Girl
― The Downstairs Girl
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