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“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
“My parents are not special people, they’re ordinary, and one of my problems is that I’m expecting perfection from ordinary people. They’re not saints or masters of knowledge just people, people who have children, which, last time I checked, required no proficiency test. People who continue to make mistakes, attempt to learn from them and repeat, until death.”
― Maame
― Maame
“A person’s troubles are not measured by the size of those troubles, but by how much they weigh on the individual carrying them.”
― Maame
― Maame
“It's about what love is. Which is trust, commitment, empathy, and respect. It means really giving a shit about the other person.”
― Maame
― Maame
“Thing is, you don't ever go back Maddie, to life before, and my advice is to accept that. To accept that you're not the same person you were when (view spoiler) and you can't be again. Accept that your life is different now because of this monumental, irreversible change and that it's okay to feel guilty one day and indescribable happiness another. This is life now. This is how you live.”
― Maame
― Maame
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