“Self expression is a tricky
thing. Just as you start to feel
comfortable with yourself after years
of not, you then have to justify
yourself to other people.”
― bone
thing. Just as you start to feel
comfortable with yourself after years
of not, you then have to justify
yourself to other people.”
― bone
“Virtue is the stepping stone to love; love is the stepping stone to enlightenment, and enlightenment is the stepping stone to freedom.”
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“no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world.”
― In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose
― In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
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“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
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