P 229 Quotes

“It’s like you said, Christopher- knowing someone isn’t about time.”
― Virginia Macgregor, As Far as the Stars

“There was a boldness in not editing for consistency, in not ripping out either the one page or the other. To admit uncertainty is to admit weakness, to powerlessness, and to believe in yourself despite both. It is frailty, but in this frailty there is a strength: the conviction to live in your own mind, and not someone else’s. I have often wondered if the most powerful words I wrote that night came not from anger for rage, but from doubt: I don’t know, I just don’t know. Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give away to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself. My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had veer occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
― Tara Westover, Educated