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“Stories are a different kind of true.”
― Room
― Room
“Our backs tell stories
no books have the spine to carry”
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no books have the spine to carry”
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“What his uncle does not understand is that in walking backwards, his back to the world, his back to God, he is not grieving. He is objecting. Because when everything cherished by you in life has been taken away, what else is there to do but object?”
― The High Mountains of Portugal
― The High Mountains of Portugal
“They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering Wes and soft fluttery voices. But they were all made out of thin invisible steel.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
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before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
―
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