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“Because we only reveal our true selves to the people we care about most.”
― The Light We Lost
― The Light We Lost
“She hadn't learned, no one had taught her ... that the things you want, you never get them. And if you do, they're not what you thought they'd be. But you'd still do anything to keep them. Because you'd wanted them for so long.”
― You Will Know Me
― You Will Know Me
“This was when I learned one of the biggest secrets of being a woman, which is that much of the time, we don't feel like we're women at all.”
― You'll Grow Out of It
― You'll Grow Out of It
“I often think about how throughout life, we acquire people. More like People, with a capital P. The ones we go to in an emergency—the ones we know we can count on. If we’re lucky, our parents are our first People. Then our siblings. A childhood best friend. A spouse.”
― The Light We Lost
― The Light We Lost
“Oh girl, we have known littlebit love. That littlebit of honey left in an empty jar that traps the sweetness in your mouth long enough to mask your hunger. We have run tongues over teeth to savor that last littlebit as long as we could, and in all our living, nothing has starved us more.”
― The Mothers
― The Mothers
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