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Mariela.Olga
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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. —JAMES A. BALDWIN
“I thought happiness was something other people had to give me. That the world owed me. That I was somehow being short-changed. Gimme.”
― The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life
― The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“I want
To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
“I felt like a different person. I felt as though I were no longer running, at least for now. My whole life up to this point had been running away from something, losing myself in books and hoping to God that no one would notice the great big hole inside of me where something vital should have been.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia.”
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
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