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by
Sarah Hawley
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November 1 - November 9, 2024
The trouble with truth was that once it got bold enough to punch you in the face, it was impossible to ignore.
Being in nature made her feel small, but in a good way. Maybe that was part of being human. In the long stretch of time, she was just a blip. And when you were a blip, you didn’t have to worry about the weight of eons. You could live as loudly as you wanted in the space allotted to you.
“It’s because I’m human,” she said in a teasing tone. “Small life, big dreams, zero fucks to give.”
“Being strong doesn’t mean winning every battle. Sometimes it means surviving to fight again.”
Maybe identity was just a story people told themselves. When Astaroth’s past had been stripped away, it had put an abrupt end to the narrative he’d told himself for centuries, and a new story had begun.
Love wasn’t trying to force someone to be who you thought they should be. It was loving them as they were while supporting them on their journey toward becoming their best self.
We have effectively adopted a two-party system, which anyone on Earth can tell you is a recipe for disaster.”

