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“Men come and go. The only thing a woman has that no one can take away is her opinion of herself.”
― Nothing Sweeter
― Nothing Sweeter
“You look in the mirror and you don't like what you see? Don't believe it. Look into my eyes; I'm the only mirror you'll ever need.”
― Nothing Sweeter
― Nothing Sweeter
“they say to grow up strong, a child only needs one person who thinks the world of them.”
― Sweet on You
― Sweet on You
“. It’s as if, after swimming upstream in the chilly waters of my childhood, I’ve reached a warm sea, where I can simply float. I haven’t been willing to stir the familial sediment at the bottom. After all, that’s where all the shit is.”
― For Roger
― For Roger
“Some ‘blended’ families come together like coffee and cream, swirling in beautiful patterns until they become one, forming a new color. Our family came together like two chunks of summer-hardened concrete. Roger is the rubber expansion strip between, keeping the edges from grinding together.”
― For Roger
― For Roger
“A tiny fissure opened that day, like a small crack in the cement foundation of your house. Either you don’t notice it, or you figure it’s just cosmetic. No big deal.
Until the floor gives way beneath you.”
― For Roger
Until the floor gives way beneath you.”
― For Roger
“I was a quiet, easy baby. Martha came out rebelling and never gave up the insurgency. I learned young that the daughter of an Army General toes the line. Martha jumped rope with it.”
― For Roger
― For Roger
