“For Every Fierce Woman Who Has Tried To Be Tame I know you. I know that you have always felt different –a little bit more restless than perhaps you ought to be as a child. A little less timid, a tad bit too brash. I know you’ve grown up with inklings of suspicion –that your mind does not work the way it should, perhaps. Your thoughts whirl around at strange speeds and you cannot seem to reel yourself in.”
― This Is Me Letting You Go
― This Is Me Letting You Go
“- Still reading, Miss St John? You read a lot, don't you?
- It saves me from conversation.”
― Winter in the Air
- It saves me from conversation.”
― Winter in the Air
“I know how painful it can be letting someone you think you love go, but that I don’t believe there’s only one person in the world for each of us. It’s too fanciful, too limiting.”
― One Day in December
― One Day in December
“She knew it was up to her to say what had to be said. To do what had to be done. When there is only you, you do not get to choose which jobs you want, you do not get to decide you are incapable of anything. There is no room for distaste or weakness. You must do it all. All of the ugliness, the sadness, the things most people can't stand to even think about, all must live inside of you. You must be capable of everything.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“You tread lightly through life, but you leave deep footprints that are hard for other people to fill.”
― One Day in December
― One Day in December
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