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Speaking of lowest, I would also like to give a very enthusiastic fuck you to my anxiety. Thanks for, as always, being the worst. And finally, to anyone who has proclaimed drunkenly at a bar that love is dead—I’ve been there and trust me,
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“Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“The joy of having sons is that they worship their mothers. Until one day, suddenly, they don’t. I am not like you, he realizes. We are different. Then, that boy—once small and sweet—begins the long, hard process of separation, until at last he rips the seam. But the holes where mother and son were once knit together remain.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“My parents accepted westernization to survive, and I have had to assimilate to potentially thrive.”
― For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
― For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
“Everyone dies, and yet it’s unendurable. There is so much love inside of us. How do we become worthy of it? And, then, where does it go? A worldwide crescendo of grief, sustained day after day, and only one tiny note of it is mine.”
― We All Want Impossible Things
― We All Want Impossible Things
“The belief that resting was laziness was passed down throughout his family for generations. Rest was uncomfortable. Grind culture was heavily glorified in his family because of the belief that they were behind and needed to do the most to be seen as valuable. He learned self-worth through measuring his accomplishments, not by seeing his own inherent value.”
― The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color
― The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color
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Welcome to the Paper & Glam Book Club! Read a book a month with me and join for a live virtual discussion from my living room to yours. 📚💕 📖Join th ...more
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