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"The confession of effort chafes against the notion that empathy should always arise unbidden, that genuine means the same thing as unwilled, that intentionality is the enemy of love. But I believe in intention and I believe in work. I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones."
— Sep 26, 2015 05:07PM
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"There are things I'd like to tell the version of myself who... I would tell her she is going through something large and she shouldn't be afraid to confess its size, shouldn't be afraid she's "making too big a deal of it." She shouldn't be afraid of not feeling enough because the feels will keep coming-different ones- for years. I would tell her that commonality doesn't inoculate against hurt"
— Sep 26, 2015 03:48PM
