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“We lose ourselves,” she repeated, forming each word with care, “but we find our way back.” Wasn’t that the story of her life? Wasn’t that the story of Bethie’s? You make the wrong choices, you make mistakes, you disappear for a decade, you marry the wrong man. You get hurt. You lose sight of who you are, or of who you want to be, and then you remember, and if you’re lucky you have sisters or friends who remind you when you forget your best intentions. You come back to yourself, again and again. You try, and fail, and try again, and fail again.”
― Jennifer Weiner, Mrs. Everything

“I can't bear the thought of living an entire lifetime on this planet and not getting to do all the things I dream of doing, simply because they aren't allowed. I don't think it will ever be enough, this version of freedom, until it is all-inclusive. I don't think I can be happy unless I'm truly independent.”
― Deborah Feldman, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

“Sethe,” he says, “me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Nothing could be counted on in a world where even when you were a solution you were a problem.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved