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“what i miss most is how you loved me. but what i didn't know was how you loved me had so much to do with the person i was. it was a reflection of everything i gave you. coming back to me. how did i not see that. how. did i sit here soaking in the idea that no one else would love me that way. when it was i that taught you. when it was i that showed you how to fill. the way i needed to be filled. how cruel i was to myself. giving you credit for my warmth simply because you had felt it. thinking it was you who gave me strength. wit. beauty. simply because you recognized it. as if i was already not these things before i met you. as if i did not remain all these things after you left.”
― Milk and honey
― Milk and honey
“my heart woke me crying last night
how can i help i begged
my heart said
write the book”
― Milk and honey
how can i help i begged
my heart said
write the book”
― Milk and honey
“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.”
― Milk and honey
― Milk and honey
“the world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it
- there is nothing purer than that”
― Milk and honey
- there is nothing purer than that”
― Milk and honey
“When you slip up and let yourself back into old, toxic patterns of thinking, forgive yourself before you try to fix yourself.”
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Shelby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shelby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Biography, Chick-lit, Cookbooks, Fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Travel, and Young-adult
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