Coming-of-age is hindsight, in truth. By the time you realize it’s happening, you’ve already been irrevocably changed.
Read MoreIt took me nearly two decades to unlearn the lie we women have been told: that our propriety is the only thing that matters.
Read MoreComposure is what is leant upon when one understands that the world has no place for someone who is falling apart, quietly or in all manners of slovenliness.
Read MoreI found more solace and understanding in the pages of these books than I did looking up at people who didn’t always get me, or want to deal with me — understandably.
Read MoreI have finally understood that I don’t need to justify myself to people: I am simply finding different ways of saying ‘yes’ to myself, by saying ‘no’ to others.
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