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“Because time is cruel to all, and crueler still to artists. Because visions weakens, and voices wither, and talent fades.... Because happiness is brief, and history is lasting, and in the end... everyone wants to be remembered”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win.”
― Clap When You Land
― Clap When You Land
“...it is sad, of course, to forget.
But it is a lonely thing, to be forgotten.
To remember when no one else does.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
But it is a lonely thing, to be forgotten.
To remember when no one else does.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“But remember that anyone who tells you you’re “too” anything is using the word because they are threatened by your capacity to grow, evolve and express your emotions.”
― Women Don't Owe You Pretty
― Women Don't Owe You Pretty
“A queen
offers her hand to be kissed,
& can form it into a fist
while smiling the whole damn time.”
― Clap When You Land
offers her hand to be kissed,
& can form it into a fist
while smiling the whole damn time.”
― Clap When You Land
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