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“We had six months together, my sister and I. We were both such different people since the last time we saw each other, and somehow, still, it was like no time had passed at all. We still belonged to each other. Belonged with each other.
“The word on the street was that I had two options when it came to caring for my future baby: I could either eat, sleep, drink, bathe, walk, and work with my baby permanently affixed to my body until the two of us meld into one, or I could leave my baby out naked on a cold millstone to cry, refusing to hold or feed her until the schedule allowed. Apparently, there was no in between.”
― A Year of Biblical Womanhood
― A Year of Biblical Womanhood
“Reading and loving books are the fingerprints of who I am—no matter how much I change, they'll stay the same, betraying me to myself for the rest of my life.”
― The Roughest Draft
― The Roughest Draft
“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Night
― Night
“I loved all books that I could read, and I never knew if I was ready for one until I tried to read it, so I tried to read everything.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
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