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There are some things that you can never truly escape. Not really. Maybe that’s why, even now, she’s stuck in the past, long after everyone else has moved on.
Fate can bring you together, but it can just as easily tear you apart.
He’s just putting together a bunch of buzzwords to try and sound smart.”
Back when Appa still had the dry-cleaning business, I often saw him bow his head low in deference to men like George—loud, mediocre white men who had never once in their lives doubted themselves. My father didn’t know how to deal with them.
I too, dont know how to deal with them
The only power he has is the power you are willing to give him, and you’ve given him nothing. Not a scrap.
“Didn’t Mom ever tell you that if you cry and then laugh right after, a bunch of hair will grow out of your butthole?”
“I know that the plant is pretty, but poison is everywhere, even in the places where you least expect it.”
Umma allowed the men in her life to control her, to tell her what to do, to make all the big decisions for her. Without them, she’s lost, adrift at sea.
