but power is knowing what you’re capable of and choosing if and when you give it to the world. Power is knowing when to be delicate and soft, like my sister, and when to make foolish, small-minded people think beauty and goodness are the same. She has this look,” Sasha said, lost to her reverie now, “where she makes you feel you are the only thing in the universe. She can make you feel like you are resilient; like you are enormous, and omnipotent, and that’s where her power comes from. Her power comes from knowing she can make you feel powerful, and while you’re sitting docile in her gaze, she
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