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“Some of the best talks I have ever had started with someone asking "This might seem rude, but can I ask about your face/nose/scars/bumps?" Wherever those conversations ended up, they started as honest exchanges. Acknowledging someone's differences can be about saying you're not scared to talk to someone about the things that make them who they are.”
― Ugly
― Ugly
“But as Raymie stood in Ida Nee’s backyard, next to Louisiana and Beverly, it did not feel like her soul was shriveling at all.
It felt more like it was filling up - becoming larger, brighter, more certain.”
― Raymie Nightingale
It felt more like it was filling up - becoming larger, brighter, more certain.”
― Raymie Nightingale
“The man walked off into the crowd, and before I knew it, he’d disappeared. There I was with my suitcase, in the middle of the Istanbul Airport. Alone. I didn’t even realize I was crying until I saw the tears hitman shoes. Outside was dark. Night. I was nine years old and by myself in a foreign land. I didn’t even speak the language.
Quite simply, I was terrified.”
― On Two Feet and Wings
Quite simply, I was terrified.”
― On Two Feet and Wings
“It was the strangest things, how happiness came out of nowhere and inflated your soul.”
― Raymie Nightingale
― Raymie Nightingale
“Humans are like social Legos. We connect together with families. We build lives with friends. On our own, we're just one piece. When we come together in groups, we make amazing things. Our admission ticket into these groups is not our thoughts or our feelings. Our faces are our tickets. Our faces lets us look out and know others and let them know us.”
― Ugly
― Ugly
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