I got precious little time for you to belong to me. I’m gonna make sure it isn’t any shorter than it has to be. I was too young, and too much of a rabble-rouser, to understand
“I am fifty-four years old, the age my mother was when she died. The questions I hold now could not have been comprehended when I was a woman in my twenties. I didn’t realize how young she was, but isn’t that the conceit of mothers—that we conceal our youth and exist only for our children? It is”
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
― When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
“We're all crazy, I believe, just in different ways.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“When a woman finally learns that pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one. We need to let go of the lie that it’s supposed to be.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“We need to ask ourselves, is this someone who will be honest with me, listen to criticism, admit making mistakes, and not promise the impossible?”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
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