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C. Streetlights

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As a child, C. Streetlights listened to birds pecking at her rooftop, but instead of fearing them, was convinced they would set her free and she’d someday see the stars.

Southern California sunshine never gave C. Streetlights the blonde hair or blue eyes she needed to fit in with her high school’s beach girls, her inability to smell like teen spirit kept her from the grunge movement, and she wasn’t peppy enough to cheer. She ebbed and flowed with the tide, not a misfit but not exactly fitting in, either.

C. Streetlights grew up, as people do, earned a few degrees and became a teacher. She spent her days discussing topics like essay writing, Romeo and Juliet, the difference between a paragraph and a sentence, and for God’s sake, please stop ea ...more

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	Sharing Rylee by D. Kelly (Goodreads Author), Opium House Creatives (Illustrator), Tiffany Fox (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literally Christmas (Christmas Clause #1) 4.32 avg rating — 44 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea and Madness: The Seasons Will Change in Spite of Me 4.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Notes From Humanity: The Lust, Love & Loss Collection by Julie Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nicole Lyons (Goodreads Author), John Michael Antonio (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tangled Lights and Silent Nights: A Holiday Anthology by Kelly Stone Gamble (Goodreads Author), Brenda Vicars (Goodreads Author), Kate Birdsall (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finally Christmas (Christmas Clause #2) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Sheep, Rising by C. Streetlights (Goodreads Author), Julie Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reinvented: 26 Authors Share Little Things That Make Big Differences by Dan Dynneson, C. Streetlights (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ricky Shetty (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Dreams and Other Lies by C. Streetlights (Goodreads Author), LeTeisha Newton (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Grief is a Constant,C. Streetlights

Several years ago now, my mother passed away and I plummeted into a chasm of grief. With her, my ability and desire to write. I have stared at a blank screen for six or seven years now, urging words to appear before me, but none would. This was not writer’s...

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“After,
you stood there tucking in your shirt,
watching me cry in devastation.
For you, I was nothing.
And I
was nothing.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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“When the sun rises and sets the world on fire, I will be sitting on the hill facing east. Holding my palms out to it, I'll catch the flame in my hands and I won't let it go out again this time.

I am passion again.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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“Loathing? Yes I know it well. I've heard its voice. I have felt its breathe. And sometimes, when I am very honest with myself, I can't tell the difference between It and Me.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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C.’s Quotes

“Everything that comes together falls apart. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you stopped suffering when they did.”
― John Green

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“After,
you stood there tucking in your shirt,
watching me cry in devastation.
For you, I was nothing.
And I
was nothing.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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“I've learned that if I say "yes" to something I don't want, or is unimportant, I'm saying "no" to what is important to me.”
― C. Streetlights

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“And here we are, a few years later. There you are and here I am. All of you are scattered in different places now. But I am still standing.

In spite of you.”
― C. Streetlights, Tea and Madness

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