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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
“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
“Many assume love is straightforward, when
really it is the most complicated of things. There is a right way, a preferred way, for each individual, to love and be loved by someone—but there isn’t only one way. I believe the difficulty of life has much to do with understanding and then navigating how the people you love both express and receive love themselves. It cannot be your responsibility, your burden,
to reshape people into someone you’d like them to be. Ultimately, you must
either accept a person for who they are, how they behave, how they express themselves emotionally, and find a healthy way to live with them, or let them go entirely.”
― Maame
really it is the most complicated of things. There is a right way, a preferred way, for each individual, to love and be loved by someone—but there isn’t only one way. I believe the difficulty of life has much to do with understanding and then navigating how the people you love both express and receive love themselves. It cannot be your responsibility, your burden,
to reshape people into someone you’d like them to be. Ultimately, you must
either accept a person for who they are, how they behave, how they express themselves emotionally, and find a healthy way to live with them, or let them go entirely.”
― 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
“You're Christian Shu. Do you always believe in God?
Yeah, of course. Got To.
Why?
Because, she says. I can't carry on living believing human beings are as good as it gets. She looks at me.
We're the worst.”
― Maame
Yeah, of course. Got To.
Why?
Because, she says. I can't carry on living believing human beings are as good as it gets. She looks at me.
We're the worst.”
― Maame
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