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“You’re...a lot.” She had no idea.
“I just wish I could fix it for her.” “Some things can’t be fixed, son. Only faced.”
You don’t need to fight someone’s battles for them. Just make sure they don’t fight alone.
you write about women taking up space in a world that wants them small.
sometimes owning your story is the most powerful thing you can do.”
you don’t owe anyone access to every part of yourself,
The only shame is in denying who you truly are.”
“Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s action in the face of it.
“You needed that part of yourself to be yours alone, until you were ready to share it.”
Romance novels are—” “Joy,” Abuela interrupted firmly. “They are joy and hope and the promise that everyone deserves love. Even girls who look like us, who take up space, who have curves and opinions and don’t fit into little boxes.”
“Representation matters and you have made so many people feel seen,
“Love is not about someone rescuing you, mi amor. It’s about having someone who stands beside you when you rescue yourself.”
I didn’t need to be less. I could be more.
a woman who was finally ready to take up exactly as much space in the world as she deserved.
“I don’t need your mother to like me. I just need to be there for you.”
Remember who you are.”
“Being true to yourself is hard sometimes.
“I’m still nervous,” I admitted. “But I’m not afraid anymore.”
“Sometimes the story writes itself, if you’re brave enough to let it.”
