

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
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“The whole time I was hoping my silence would fit yours and exclamation marks would gently float across time and space so that boundaries would be crossed; the whole time I was praying you would read my eyes and understand what I was never able to understand. See, we were never about butterflies. We’ve always been about burning stars. All about us is unearthly and radiant.”
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“Everybody knew that men have no morals, that they do not know how to behave, that they do not know how to treat other people. It was why men like laws so much; it was why they had to invent such things-they need a guide. When they are not sure what to do, they consult this guide. If the guide gives them advice they don't like, they change the guide.”
― Lucy
― Lucy

“It is sad that unless you are born a god, your life,from its very beginning, is a mystery to you.”
― The Autobiography of My Mother
― The Autobiography of My Mother

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