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There was only one way for me to break free. Knowledge. Every secret I exposed would lead me to freedom. The freedom of choice. So I could decide where I wanted to go. Where I wanted to live. Who I could become.
“But you do have a choice. You make choices every day, and maybe you can't see how they could affect your future, but they do.”
― The Benefits of Being an Octopus
― The Benefits of Being an Octopus
“maybe “I’m having trouble” is not the same as “I can’t.”
― Fish In A Tree
― Fish In A Tree
“...I realize that Toni and I feel the same way about things. That we've both changed. That we're tired of having the world push us into places we don't want to be. That we're both scared of losing love that maybe we never had to begin with. That we can have whatever we want in our lives; it's only a matter of deciding. But Toni and I don't have to do it alone. We have each other." -Carley”
― One for the Murphys
― One for the Murphys
“BE SOMEONE’S HERO”
― One for the Murphys
― One for the Murphys
“All my life, I kept waiting for things to get better. For the bright promise of mañana. But a funny thing happened while I was waiting for the world to change, Chabele: It didn't. Because I didn't change it.”
― Refugee
― Refugee
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