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The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3) QUOTES

The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3) QUOTES

1 " do you
ever
find
yourself
nostalgic
for
the life
you never
got to
have? "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

2 " becoming
your
own
savior
sometimes
means
knowing
when
you
need to
ask for
help.

- therapy session no. 1 "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

3 " you are sad now. you are not sad forever. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

4 " &
so
she did
what any
rational woman
would do—
ever so calmly,
she reached out
& she tore
the stars
apart. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

5 " 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. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

6 " When
our villains
win,
do not fret,
just
rewrite
the story.
- mother knows best II "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

7 " be stronger than the villains. be every storybook heroine come to life. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

8 " do you
ever
find
yourself
nostalgic
for
the person
you never
got to
be? "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

9 " be
victorious
in
everything
you do.
disturb the gods,
if that's what
it takes.
& maybe
especially then. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

10 " Cages are still cages,
even when they're designed to look just like castles.
- illusionist "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

11 " i watched
you watching me
wane. now, you have
no fucking choice
other than to
watch me

- become full. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

12 " Most stories don't have a clear, defined message.
they aren't supposed to.
we must take
the good
with the bad
with the grey
& decide what we
want to do with it all.
- i'm still alive & therefore so is hope. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

13 " you are so much more than the rippling fallacies
your reflection whispers to you.
those demons that lurk beneath the surface
do not know you
even though they pretend to.
and someday,
though it feels impossible,
you will see yourself as i do.
when time has finally finished healing your scars,
your siren call will scream 'I AM GOOD ENOUGH!'
and even your bewitching smile will shine through.
but until that day, the day you are okay, just keep singing yourself to sleep.
And eventually, your monsters will stop haunting you.
- trust me. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

14 " be
stronger
than the
villains.
be every
storybook
heroine
come to life. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

15 " i don't write
what i write to hurt you.
- i write what i write to heal me. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

16 " The further along i come,
the more i'm beginning to realize that
maybe- just maybe- there is such a thing as fate. as destiny.
if after everything, i'm still breathing, then there must be a reason. even if i haven't seen it yet. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

17 " star light, star bright, first star i see tonight; i wish i may, i wish i might flee my skin for but a night. - bibliophile. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

18 " you are sad now.
you are not sad forever.
there are no paved roads
to healing.
you must build one
brick by brick.
there will be backtracks before breakthroughs but-
you must collapse
into yourself
before rebuilding.
you must unearth
every wound
before learning the power of salt.
you will build that yellow brick road-
in your own time and
on your own terms.
- the grit of healing. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

19 " sometimes you heal up & sometimes you
stick out at strange angles
forever..... like an elaborate self-
portrait
drawn by a six year old & so what? you are
learning what it means to be
the only one
of yourself "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

20 " at
this point,
staying
with you
is nothing
more
than
muscle
memory. "

― Amanda Lovelace , The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)