Things sometimes fell apart unexpectedly. It was not necessarily a reflection of how much they were valued.
“So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it –
– we all get to dream.”
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– we all get to dream.”
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“I must keep my head and not give in to desire, for desire is what causes women to drown.”
― The Dovekeepers
― The Dovekeepers
“You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be.”
― The Dovekeepers
― The Dovekeepers
“...and when I lift my head to scream out my fury, a million stars turn black and die. No one can see them, but they are my tears.”
― The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
― The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
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