Tom Lake
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“I made you do positive affirmations one time, one time,” I tell her, “and it was good for you.”
“You threw me to the crows, but it turns out I prefer them to you.”
― Circe
― Circe
“If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It's easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here's to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“I don't believe in miracles, but if the need is great, a girl might make her own miracle.”
― All the Truth That's in Me
― All the Truth That's in Me
“We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. Perhaps it was so that we would not ask the other questions, the ones whose answers we did not want to know.”
― Purple Hibiscus
― Purple Hibiscus
“There is a curious comfort in letting go. After the agony, letting go brings numbness, and after the numbness, clarity. As if I can see the world for the first time, and my place in it, independent of you, a whole vista of what may be. Even if it is not grand or inspiring, it is real and solid, unlike the fantasy I've built around you. I will do this.
I will triumph over you.”
― All the Truth That's in Me
I will triumph over you.”
― All the Truth That's in Me
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