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161 " They are beautiful. I love them. I love you. You are the only thing that does not hurt. "
― Elizabeth Acevedo , Clap When You Land
162 " How do I watch every single one of my dreams flutter like a ribbon of bubblespop pop popping in the air. I don't. "
163 " I know a man can have many faces & speak out ofboth sides of his mouth; I know a man can make decisionsbased on the flip of a coin;a man can be real good at long division,give away piece after piece after piece of himself. "
164 " Angry tears, the first I've shed, stream down my face.I feel as if I swam too close to a stingray;my skin vibrates. Electric to the touch. "
165 " For the rest of my life I will sit & imagineWhat my father would say in any giving moment.& I will make him up:his words, his advice, our memories. "
166 " But I learned young, you do not speak of the dying as if they are already dead. "
167 " & there goes that ugly again. Like a picket fence risenbetween us; we can still see each other,but it's a barrier too high to climb. "
168 " it has saved my life on the many days when I need a reminder the world is bigger than the one I know, & its currents are always moving; "
169 " If tension is a winged monster,it's cast its featherson the roof of my house. "
170 " Everyone spendsyears, my entirelifetime, lying to meabout my family,but I'm the onewho supposedlyowes people the truth? "
171 " Such a funny phrase, pay respects. As if suffering is a debt that can be eased "
172 " & so I remember that to walk this world you must be kind but also fierce. "