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Complex Math Problem: How do you solve the messes you can’t see? In other words—Is fitting in just covering up who you really are in hopes that people don’t notice?
“Isn’t it weird that we know some things will hurt us, but we do them anyway?”
“Some of us prefer to run through life. Some like to walk.”
“Life is one big pair of Spanx. We squeeze to fit in. And if worn correctly, we can prevent chafing.”
“Truth—the universe is always speaking, but people are too consumed with their own voices to hear her.”
“Faith and bullshit wear the same clothes. It’s impossible to know which is which.”
sometimes what we pretend hurts more than reality.
Everything sounds better in a British accent.”
“Love isn’t abundant.”
That’s the plight of women—no matter how miraculous we are, we still have to live in a world governed by men’s standards.
“Isn’t it crazy that another country is so close, and yet we can never go there because we’re not allowed? But it’s all land. I mean, men created the border, not nature. Nature doesn’t discriminate. Men do. It’s like we’re boxed in, but we do it to ourselves. We imprison each other with lines and boundaries instead of just letting people be free.”
