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"I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. I could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. Then one day, I could do it. I held him, instead of him holding me, and all I wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way."
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"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."
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"Don't give up on yourself, your dreams and your family."
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"It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters."
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"Children observe everything with caution."
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"Children are holy angels."
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"Children are sacred beings."
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"The difference between a 'man' and a 'father' is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life."
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"Blessed your mum, who carried you in a womb for nine months."
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"Children are the most fearless souls on earth."
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"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."
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"When it rains," her father said "it pours."
Philosophy
"Annie turned away, her eyes glittering. 'Here's what no one tells you,' she said. 'When you deliver a fetus, you get a death certificate, but not a birth certificate. And afterward, your milk comes in, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.' She looked up at me. 'You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outside, or you don't have the baby, and you keep that ache in you forever. I know I didn't do the wrong thing. But I don't feel like I did the right thing, either."
Life
"I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. I could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. Then one day, I could do it. I held him, instead of him holding me, and all I wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way."
Family
"It was a catch-22: If you didn't put the trauma behind you, you couldn't move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened."
Healing
"If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?"
Healing
"[I] don't think I was trying to kill myself. I just wanted to hurt, and understand exactly whay I was hurting. This made sense: you cut, you felt pain, period."
Healing
"Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting."
Healing
"I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting."
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"Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future."
Healing
"You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals."
Healing
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