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“i hereby grant myself the permission to not be strong all of the time.  i also grant myself the permission to not be soft all of the time.  i’m allowed to just simply be.  —temperance.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers

“don’t you dare become smaller to make room for others. don’t you dare shrink back into the shadows. don’t you dare wither while everyone else blooms.

here’s an indisputable fact: you matter.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Shine your Icy Crown

“big sister says

sisters shouldn’t be pitting themselves against each other. sisters should be going into battle for one another.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Shine your Icy Crown

“i don’t know who needs to hear this, but:  it’s okay if someone doesn’t like you.  it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you.  it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with them.  some kinds of magic just don’t call to each other.”
― Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers