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161 " fairy godmother says some people are simply committed to being unkind, & it is not your job to convince them to change. all you can do is give them all the kindness you have, & if they don’t return it, then they aren’t worth your sugar. "
― Amanda Lovelace , Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)
162 " i would like to look into a mirror without inmediately looking away.- healing is ongoing II "
― Amanda Lovelace , The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1)
163 " fuck the idea / that there is / such a thing / as destiny, / that there exists / some kind of / mysterious master plan, / that there is a god who / simply / does not / give us anything / we cannot / handle.the pain / did not / make me / a better person. / it did not / teach me not to / take anything / for granted. / it did not / teach me anything / except how / to be afraid / to love anyone.i am / far too / young / to be so / goddman/ broken / & / if i could go back / in time / & give / myself / her childhood / back, / i would- what was the point? "
164 " some destruction is beautiful. "
― Amanda Lovelace , The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)
165 " can't i just be a paper girl with a paper life? "
166 " fairy godmother says some days, your body will feel like a cage. on those days, lace flowers through the bars. "
167 " friendsdon't justlet friendsturn intosleepy dragons "
168 " i stopped wondering when the next chapter would finally begin, & i started writing it instead. —how i got out of my own way. "
169 " &soshe didwhat anyrational womanwould do—ever so calmly,she reached out& she torethe starsapart. "
― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)
170 " How cansomeone betoo youngto bein lovewhen we werecrafted from ocean waves & starlight?-young love "
171 " The princessjumped fromthe tower& shelearnedthat she could flyall along- she never needed those wings "
172 " he is even better than books. - fiction has nothing on you. "
173 " do not plan your life so meticulously that you leave no space for starlight to leak in.- miracles happen only if you let them. "
― Amanda Lovelace , Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2)
174 " fairy godmother says it has never been within your duty to be pretty. "
175 " fairy godmother says you don’t need to look a certain way to deserve someone’s heart. no matter your shape— no matter your size— be proud of all the space your body dares to take up. "
176 " guess what?you shinebrrighterthan all thestarlightthere hasever beenor everwill be. "
177 " the only thing i can do is learn to live with the idea that i will never be cured. i will always be in the process of healing. - making the most of it. "
178 " i don’t know who needs to hear this, but: it’s okay if someone doesn’t like you. it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with them. some kinds of magic just don’t call to each other. "
179 " you are never directionless. —the universe is always guiding you. "
180 " What happens when your dreams are nightmares stuck on repeatrepeatrepeat? "