what if i told you: you don’t need to heal others to heal yourself, you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself, you can just love yourself.
“I’m old because I’m not dead”
― Open Throat
― Open Throat
“We grow up fast. Not by force, but because we are needed.'
'I think sometimes we're needed for the wrong reasons.”
― Maame
'I think sometimes we're needed for the wrong reasons.”
― Maame
“But what I’ve found, Nathan, is that life shows you the way when you forget to make one. So, you know, let’s wait and see.”
― None of This Is True
― None of This Is True
“How do you know if you're genuinely happy or if you're just mostly all right, with sprinkles of laughter and occasional shit storms of sadness?”
― Maame
― Maame
“I know I have a lot more inner work to do. I thought I had to convince the whole world that I am more than the worst thing I have done, the worst person I have been, but really I just have to convince myself.”
― The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
― The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
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