“How very scared I was of everything, and in the end how very scared I was of her. This woman I knew, and did not know, and loved.”
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“You can stand on the cliff of my heart and shout nothing but ‘ugly’ through me. I promise all I will echo back is ‘Beauty, beauty, you have always been beauty”
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“Forests may be gorgeous but there is nothing more alive than a tree that learns how to grow in a cemetery.”
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“I wanna know what you see
when you look in the mirror
on a day you’re feeling good.
I wanna know what you see
when you look in the mirror
on a day you’re feeling bad.
I wanna know the first person
who taught you your beauty
could ever be reflected
on a lousy piece of glass.”
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when you look in the mirror
on a day you’re feeling good.
I wanna know what you see
when you look in the mirror
on a day you’re feeling bad.
I wanna know the first person
who taught you your beauty
could ever be reflected
on a lousy piece of glass.”
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“I have never met a heavy heart that wasn’t a phone booth with a red cape inside
Some people will never understand the kind of superpower it takes for some people to just walk outside
Some days I know my smile looks like the gutter of a falling house
But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing”
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Some people will never understand the kind of superpower it takes for some people to just walk outside
Some days I know my smile looks like the gutter of a falling house
But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing”
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