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“People say to think seven generations ahead when making big decisions, because our future ancestors—those yet to arrive, who will one day become the Elders—live with the choices we make today.”
― Firekeeper's Daughter
― Firekeeper's Daughter
“Humans need to share their darkest parts. Unburdening makes you closer to everyone. There’s that thing that all addicts have, that you’re a piece of shit in the center of the universe. That everybody’s obsessed with the ways you fall short. But the truth is, we all have the same, boring problems. Sometimes the best thing you can do is talk about it. It makes no sense, but glory if it doesn’t work like a charm.”
― Yolk
― Yolk
“Sisters never stand a chance to be friends. We're pitted against each other from the moment we are born. A daughter is a treasure. Two is a tax.”
― Yolk
― Yolk
“Kids can always tell the difference between adults who want to empower them, and adults who want to overpower them.”
― Somebody's Daughter
― Somebody's Daughter
“...because sometimes we are from where we were least dead and not where we were born.”
― Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
― Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
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This is about mermaids just like Cleo, Emma, and rikki. (and charlotte and bella)
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