“I’ve started looking at the question of ‘How did I get here?’ a little differently since then. This is not the first time I’ve struggled, but I pray it will be the last. And if you had told 17-year-old me that I would be alive at 20—I would’ve told you that I didn’t want that, that I didn’t want to keep living. But I did. I’m still breathing, and I’m grateful for that. Recently, a friend quoted a lyric from the musical Hamilton to me: ‘Look at where you are / Look at where you started / The fact that you’re alive is a miracle / Just stay alive, that would be enough.’ I’ve made it too far to quit now, and I’ve fought too hard to give up. You’re still here to tell your story, too. And that is more than enough.”— Angela Zagone, “Look at Where You Are, Look at Where You Started” (via twloha)
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“I felt confused about how I felt, and all I knew was that I was sadder than I had ever been in my life.”— Judith Ortiz Cofer, from The Year of Our Revolution: Stories; “Making Love in Spanish,” (via violentwavesofemotion)
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stay calmhie babe
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no one looks dumber than a guy who calls a girl ugly after he was just hitting on her
a guy who calls a girl a whore for not sleeping with him is a strong contender
they’re the same guy
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“Other people are not medicine.”— It took me 9 years to figure that out (via sunsetkawaii)
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“You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.”— C.S. Lewis
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