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61 " heopened me uplike a book& poured thepoetryback intome.-my personal pen and paper "
― Amanda Lovelace , The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1)
62 " When I hadno friendsI reached insidemy beloved books& sculpted someout of12 ptTimes new roman.-- & it was almost good enough. "
63 " when I die, do not waste a minute mouring me. I may go, but I will leave behind all my thousand & one lives — a bookmad girl never dies. "
64 " you havebeen thestarof each& everyone ofmynightmares."- you left but you stayed. "
65 " aworldwhere allhuman beingsare taken care ofshouldn't be calleda "revolutionary"way of life& yetit is.-burn "
66 " I am so gladwe were born during the samelifetime.-I may not believe in fate, but I believe in you. "
67 " wheredo all thememories go,the ones wehide awaywithlock &key yetcontinueto shapeus all thes a m e?"- did it really happen if i can't remember it? "
68 " just because they don’t hit you doesn’t mean it isn’t abuse. wouldn’t you think it a crime to look up at the night sky & tell the stars that they have no sparkle? guess what? you shine brighter than all the starlight there has ever been or ever will be. - emotional abuse is still abuse. "
69 " write the story. push your hands into the dirtiest parts of yourself.take the rot & decay & turn it into nourishment & life.water it & sing to it & show it sunlight. grow a beautiful garden from your aching & teach yourself how to thrive from it. write your story. "
70 " friend request from ........."a) the girl who said you were ugly. b) the girl who said your voice was off-key. c) the girl who refused to defend you. d) the girl who laughed at you behind your back & to your face. e) the girl who took your lunch money every day because she said you didn't need to eat. f) the girl who said you were "fat" even after you starved yourself to death. g) the girl who was supposed to be your best friend. h) all the above. -keep pressing ignore, lovely. "
71 " i ama lionesswho is no longerafraid to let the worldhear herroar-an ode to me "
72 " ifloveis abattlefield,then imust haveforgottenall ofmy armorat home.-a war i never agreed to fight "
73 " no” is short for “fuck off.” "
74 " youare notobligatedto havechildrenjust becauseyour bodyhas that capability.youare sososomuch morethan thepossibilityofchildren.you givebirthto oceanseverysingle day.-your friendly neighborhood man-hater & child-eater. "
75 " the princess jumped from the tower & she learned that she could fly all along. she never needed those wings. "
76 " i bet you regret making an enemy out of me. - "
77 " he did not teach me how to love myself, but he was the bridge that helped me get here. - i thank the universe every day for you. "
78 " he promised to fix me & he left me more s h a t t e r e d than i had been before. - but now i’ve got gold in the cracks. "
79 " you will thinkyour parents areshatterproofuntil one dayyou find outthey aren't.- what it really means to lose your innocence "
80 " you may not have left (many) bruises on my skin, but you left giant blackberry bruises all over my soul. - i still wonder who i would have been. "