Shalenah said:
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healing and life changing and has made me a better, more sensitive, more intentional human.
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All the old stories talk about the Road of No Return, the Road of Good Fortune, and the Road of this or that, but I’m seeing that a woman is not fully in possession of herself until there is no road at all, and she must make her own way.
“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!”
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“And the poem, I think, is only your voice speaking.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
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