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Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

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I realized how much of my self-worth was determined by whether or not I appeared desirable to men, and whether that desirability would be enough to encourage them to treat me with respect. But most of the time the attention that my ...more

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Abbie’s Quotes

“your body
is a museum
of natural disasters
can you grasp how
stunning that is”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

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“trying to convince myself
i am allowed
to take up space
is like writing with
my left hand
when i was born
to use my right”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

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“if you were born with
the weakness to fall
you were born with
the strength to rise”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

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“it takes grace
to remain kind
in cruel situations”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

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“you might not have been my first love
but you were the love that made
all the other loves
irrelevant”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

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