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“But the fact was, when you lived a life, under any name, that life became entwined with others'. You left a trail of potential consequences. You were never just you, and you owed it to the people you cared about to remember that. Because the people you loved were part of your identity, too. Perhaps the biggest part.”

People Identity Loved Ones More Than You

Book:Black Cake

Source: Black Cake

“Words have power. So does the absence of words. Sometimes, when people choose not to speak, their silence can block out the sun.”

Silence Power Words

Book:Good Dirt

Source: Good Dirt

“Things are always changing ... It's true, some of the worst things keep repeating themselves, but things do change. And as citizens, we can do our part to keep things moving in the right direction.”

Change Citizens Civic Duty

Book:Good Dirt

Source: Good Dirt

“Because a person can fail another person and still do right by them. It happens all the time. This is the way of relationships. This is the way of family.”

Book:Deluge

Source: Deluge

“But it might not have mattered, it was love at first sight, they'd always said that, and some people were meant to find each other, no matter what... Does anyone ever fall in love that way anymore? Without hesitation, without terror? Or is everyone else like Benny? And does every couple keep secrets this big from their own children?”

Love Family Couple Secrets

Book:Black Cake

Source: Black Cake

“This was the true miracle of life, he thought. Not so much to be born as to bear up under what comes your way. To find a way forward. To embrace what was good.”

Life Grief Miracle Good

Book:Good Dirt

Source: Good Dirt

“Today will be different. Perhaps the only way to cope with loss, or guilt, is to name it and defy its potential to destroy you... Maybe all you can do is give yourself permission to embrace the rest of your life. To play, to love, to risk. To take the beauty that someone brought into your life and share it.”

Love Loss Forgiveness Grief And Loss

Book:Good Dirt

Source: Good Dirt

“More people’s lives have been shaped by violence than we like to think. And more people’s lives have been shaped by silence than we think.”

Diversity And Inclusion Contemporary Fiction Ourselves Life Stories Family Traditions

Book:Black Cake

Source: Black Cake

“Be aware of a beautiful moment as it is happening, take note of your life, as you are living it”

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Book:Good Dirt

Source: Good Dirt

“Surely, there must be people like her everywhere. People who get up in the morning, wipe their children's noses, walk down the street, show up at work, or go to school while calling on every ounce of careful grooming and good manners to make it look like it's no trouble at all. Surely, she is not the only person holding in a world of hurt that pushes against their skin like water against the walls of a dam.”

Hurt Keeping Up Appearances

Book:Good Dirt

Source: Good Dirt