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Her eyes go dark and she begins to twirl her dreadlocks. “These days, you look at me like I’m a monster.” Her voice is so low, I can barely hear her. “I don’t think you’re—” “This is victim shaming, you know…”
“On a scale of 1-10, you don't get to be a 23 without really loving it.”
― Running Close to the Wind
― Running Close to the Wind
“They are only bats, nothing more," Mother said.
Father whispered to me alone, "These are no ordinary bats. These are mice who swim with the stars.”
― To The Bright Edge of the World
Father whispered to me alone, "These are no ordinary bats. These are mice who swim with the stars.”
― To The Bright Edge of the World
“I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.”
― The Sparrow
― The Sparrow
“I know better than to take life directions from someone without a moral compass.”
― My Sister, the Serial Killer
― My Sister, the Serial Killer
“That is excitement. We catch only glimpses, a burst of movement, a flap of wings, yet it is life itself beating at shadow's edge. It is the unfolding of potential; all of what we might experience and see and learn awaits us.”
― To The Bright Edge of the World
― To The Bright Edge of the World
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