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Mama Cat’rin would say, ‘Chile, God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love and a sound mind.’”
“fantasizing about being the type of woman who lived unapologetically, who experienced and learned and applied the knowledge gathered along the way to enable herself to thrive. The type of woman who learned to navigate her way out of the impossible labyrinth of family history and tradition. One who unlearned the inherited toxic traits that were handed down to her and bound her to an unstable and wildly limited path like angry, unbreakable vines.”
― Nightingale
― Nightingale
“He says, “I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.” I wonder if he sleeps at all.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
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