Tamara✨

“What if, for once in history, a woman's story could be untethered from what we need it to be in order to feel better about ourselves?”
― Lidia Yuknavitch, The Book of Joan

“I've been many things - bold, rash maybe, and lucky - but I don't think I've ever been really brave. Doing what you want, even if it's difficult or painful, that isn't brave. Doing what you have to do - however much it hurts, however much you hate it - that's courage.”
― Meg Clothier, The Girl King

“Do not expect too much from your child and she will grow in your love... But if you push her too much, you will push her away. A child is not yours to own but to raise. She may not be what you will have her to be, but she will be what she has to be. Remember what they say, that 'Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.”
― Jane Yolen, Sister Light, Sister Dark

“If you can't see the beauty in the dirt then I feel sorry for you. And if you can't see why these streets are special, then just go home already.”
― Jami Attenberg, Saint Mazie