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When Logic Starts to Taste Like Poison
“To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that’s political, in its most profound way.” — June Jordan
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Productivity as a Panic Response
“Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do.” — Oscar Wilde
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They Forgot You Had a Pulse
“To be strong is one thing. To be seen as nothing but strong is exile.” — Unknown
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You Stayed Because the Pain Was Familiar
“The mind replays what the body can’t forget.” — Unknown
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Grief Doesn’t Care How Well You Explain It
“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow—this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
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The Strong One Always Leaves Last
“Children who are forced to be strong are adults who struggle to feel safe.” — Unknown
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Disappearing Became a Reflex Before It Was a Choice
“When we are not allowed to exist fully, we learn to survive by being pleasing.” — Prentis Hemphill
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Authenticity Ruined My Reputation
“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” — James A. Garfield
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The Cost of Being Easy to Love
“The mask I wore was the one they loved. So I kept it on, until I couldn’t breathe.” — Unknown
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The Monster You Keep Calling a Stranger
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” — Carl Jung
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The Generosity That Starves You
“Sometimes we give so much because we are afraid to ask for anything.” — Yasmine Cheyenne
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The Silent Murder of Instinct
“When you betray yourself, you also betray those who could have known the real you.” — Adrienne Rich
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