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The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body knew that I didn’t.
The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.
Actually, you can be bad at something, Lily, but if you love doing it, that will be enough.”
Knowing can be a curse on a person’s life. I’d traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn’t know which one was heavier. Which one took the most strength to carry around? It was a ridiculous question, though, because once you know the truth, you can’t ever go back and pick up your suitcase of lies. Heavier or not, the truth is yours now.
“There is nothing perfect,” August said from the doorway. “There is only life.”
All these mothers. I have more mothers than any eight girls off the street. They are the moons shining over me.
