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“It seemed to me that the institution of religion was as fickle and divisive as the institution that enacts anti-immigration laws, both separating families on earth as it is in heaven.”
― My Side of the River
― My Side of the River
“And there are many other therapies built around teaching adults to reparent themselves.”
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
― What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
“that there are seasons of lack and plenty, of drought and flooding.”
― My Side of the River
― My Side of the River
“I was to be great, but I was to do it modestly. “Está bien, Mama,” I replied. “I’ll be the best.” I couldn’t have imagined all the ways her belief would continually empower me, and all the ways the pressure of that belief would eventually debilitate me.”
― My Side of the River
― My Side of the River
“In many ways the river taught me about life: that wealth and poverty are in proximity, but always separated; that people don’t like what they can’t control, preferring instead to reward you only when you fulfill their narrative about who you are supposed to be;”
― My Side of the River
― My Side of the River
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