The Women
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They wanted her to just get up, stand, start to walk. As if grief were a pool you could simply step out of. In reality, it was quicksand and heat. A rough entry, but warm and inviting once you let go.
“Fuck being cool and fuck being chill. If the reward for being the “coolest” girl in the room is a sliver of attention from the world’s most mediocre men, then I would happily commit to never being chill. And never being cool. But maybe the “cool girls” got one thing right after all: I wouldn’t be like the other girls—I was going to be much, much worse.”
― Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve
― Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve
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