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As a child, C. Streetlights listened to birds pecking at her rooftop, but instead of fearing them, was convinced they would set her free and she’d someday see the stars.

Southern California sunshine never gave C. Streetlights the blonde hair or blue eyes she needed to fit in with her high school’s beach girls, her inability to smell like teen spirit kept her from the grunge movement, and she wasn’t peppy enough to cheer. She ebbed and flowed with the tide, not a misfit but not exactly fitting in, either.

C. Streetlights grew up, as people do, earned a few degrees and became a teacher. She spent her days discussing topics like essay writing, Romeo and Juliet, the difference between a paragraph and a sentence, and for God’s sake, please stop ea ...more

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	Tea and Madness 4.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Sheep, Rising by C. Streetlights (Goodreads Author), Julie Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkness Before Dawn (A Military Romance) (Never Lose Sight Book 1) by Leigh Robbins (Goodreads Author), Tiffany Fox (Editor) , C. Streetlights (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Notes From Humanity: The Lust, Love & Loss Collection by Julie Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nicole Lyons (Goodreads Author) , John Michael Antonio (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feminine Collective: Raw and Unfiltered Vol 1: Selected Essays and Poems on Relationships with Self and Others by Julie Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S.A.Smith , Marla Carlton (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Nicole Lyons , Rachel Thompson , C. Streetlights (Goodreads Author) , Dori Owen , Elizabeth Regen 4.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“After,
you stood there tucking in your shirt,
watching me cry in devastation.
For you, I was nothing.
And I
was nothing.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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“When the sun rises and sets the world on fire, I will be sitting on the hill facing east. Holding my palms out to it, I'll catch the flame in my hands and I won't let it go out again this time.

I am passion again.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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“words don’t define me, I define them. I bring words to life. I pull them from the dust, the rib, the matter unorganized.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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“Everything that comes together falls apart. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you stopped suffering when they did.”
― John Green

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“After,
you stood there tucking in your shirt,
watching me cry in devastation.
For you, I was nothing.
And I
was nothing.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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“I've learned that if I say "yes" to something I don't want, or is unimportant, I'm saying "no" to what is important to me.”
― C. Streetlights

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“And here we are, a few years later. There you are and here I am. All of you are scattered in different places now. But I am still standing.

In spite of you.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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