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“Maybe there must always be two of us—our real selves and the ones we create to survive in the world as it is.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe

“There are parts of our hearts we give away. Not lend, but sacrifice entirely. And there are some people to whom we give these pieces, knowing we'll never really get them back.”
― Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

“This was what family looked like. It wasn’t always the people who were related to you by blood. It was the people who would drop anything to help you when you were in need. It was the people who loved you regardless, in any situation. It was the people you chose—and who chose you right back.”
― Amanda Schimmoeller, A Royal Arrangement

“Doesn't it overwhelm you sometimes -- To be alive? Don't you sometimes feel like at any moment you could be torn away from yourself? From your life?”
― Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe