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“You realize then that anger is safer than kindness, that isolation is safer than community. You shut everything out. Everyone. But some days, no matter what you do, the pain gets so bad you’d bury yourself alive just to make it stop.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“I dedicated my life
to giving second—and third—chances to those who’d been
cast out by the world. You’d be stunned if you knew how
many people’s lives were derailed by a simple mistake that
snowballed, escalating beyond their control because no one
was ever there to offer a hand or even an hour of assistance”
― Tahereh Mafi, Imagine Me

“Sometimes the braver thing is to accept help when you've been made to believe you shouldn't need it.”
― Alexandra Bracken, Lore

“Who did you lose?"
This girl is full of questions.
"Nobody." Or everyone - depends how I look at it. People don't really need to die to be gone.”
― Patricia Vanasse, Against All Odds