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“I must become my own owner, my own authority. I must be a home to myself, and I must find a way to live what I believe.”
― Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
― Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
“My ambition has long felt oppressive. It is not a joy—it is a master that I must answer to, a smoke that descends into my life, making it hard to breathe. It is only my discipline, my willingness to push myself harder, that has been my way through.”
― Carrie Soto Is Back
― Carrie Soto Is Back
“They will call you hysterical no matter how much dignity you have. So you might as well do whatever the hell you want.”
― Bright Young Women
― Bright Young Women
“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Love yourself loudly, dangerously, everywhere people have been afraid to love you, afraid to ask the way to cherish you, afraid to hold you. Love yourself most in these places, because who can be a better teacher to others in how to love you than you yourself.”
― Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty
― Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty
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