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“Your silence furnishes a dark house.
But even at the risk of burning,
the moth always seeks the light.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“Maybe, the only thing that has to make sense
about being somebody's friend
is that you help them be their best self
on any given day. That you give them a home
when they don't want to be in their own.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

“Maybe there are no words to say. I just want to be held.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X