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“There's a girl calm people don't know about. It's a girl teen standstill. A motionless peace. It doesn't come from anywhere but inside us, and it only lasts for a few years. It's born from being a not woman yet. It's free flowing and invisible. It's the eye of the violent storm you call my teenage daughter. In this place we are undisturbed by all the moronic things you think about us. Our voices like rain falling. We are serene. Smooth. With more perfect hair and skin than you will ever again know. Daughters of Eve.”
― Dora: A Headcase
― Dora: A Headcase
“I drop to the curb like childhood leaving a body.”
― Dora: A Headcase
― Dora: A Headcase
“Sometimes saviors look different than you thought they would.”
― Dora: A Headcase
― Dora: A Headcase
“What a gift, the gift of recognition. The gift of permission. Be who you are. It means everything, and when others who matter give it to you, it becomes easier, though never easy, to give that permission to yourself. Gregory Martin: Stories For Boys: A Memoir”
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“What we need, is a break out. Out of our lives, out of Seattle, out of the dumb script of girl.”
― Dora: A Headcase
― Dora: A Headcase
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