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“We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“Maybe He'll get what he deserves. Maybe Not. Maybe I'll never find it in my heart to forgive him. And maybe there's nothing wrong with that,either. All those maybes swimming around my head make me think that "maybe" could just be another word for hope.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
“Life won’t stop for your pauses and procrastinations. It won’t stop for your confusion or fear. It will continue right along without you. Whether you play an active part or not, the show will go on.”
― Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
― Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
“Don’t try to participate in anyone else’s idea of what is supposed to happen in a relationship. You will fail.”
― Scrappy Little Nobody
― Scrappy Little Nobody
“Forgive me father,
but sometimes my God
is a woman
sitting on the kitchen floor
her hands holding her legs
screaming for help
without making a sound.
Forgive me father
but sometimes my God
is a woman
calling me on the phone
begging me to call her
"beautiful"
because her lover forced
ugliness into her soul.
Forgive me father
but sometimes my God
is a woman
crying in the shower
begging for another God
to lift her burden.”
― Questions for Ada
but sometimes my God
is a woman
sitting on the kitchen floor
her hands holding her legs
screaming for help
without making a sound.
Forgive me father
but sometimes my God
is a woman
calling me on the phone
begging me to call her
"beautiful"
because her lover forced
ugliness into her soul.
Forgive me father
but sometimes my God
is a woman
crying in the shower
begging for another God
to lift her burden.”
― Questions for Ada
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