“This is how we light the stars, again and again: by showing up with our ordinary, difficult bodies, when other ordinary, difficult bodies might need us. Which is the point - the again-and-again of it. You never get to live the wisdom just once, rise to the occasion of otherness just once. You have to keep living this willingness to look at other lives with grace, even when your own feels like shit, and you would do anything to crawl inside a different one.”
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Make It Scream, Make It Burn
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Leslie Jamison
Leslie Jamison is an American novelist born in 1983. Her works are known for their deep self-reflection and delicate portrayal of human emotions. Jamison's writing often explores themes of personal identity, memory, and truth. more
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