just eat it

"it occurred to me that the only real sin you can commit as a mother is to deny your children's right to be who they are and what they want to be and that the only real sin you can commit against yourself is to deny who you truly are and prevent yourself from being who that is"

"Sir! Excuse me sir!"

"Don't ask me why that thought never occurred to me before then, but for some reason, in that moment, my perspective changed."

"Part of the deal I chose, I guess."

"My heart cracked open and for a few minutes, she became mine"

"...every single fear I have about failing as a mother comes up from my bowels and heart and out of my mouth and eyes..."

"...we are careful with our magic, and we wrap it in paper to keep it safe."

"Shine your light, motherfuckers!"

"we're all trying to find a nice comfy place to cope. someplace not too scary and not too safe."

"Don't worry. It's going to be ok. It's going to suck. You'll be smashed to smithereens. You'll be built back up again. You'll be more YOU than you'd ever imagined. It's going to be ok."

"abracadabra is from the ancient hebrew 'avarah k'davarah'... what i speak, i create."

"You are both damned and saved, all the time, in every moment"