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“What did it matter if something scared you, when it simply had to be done?”
― Kate Quinn, The Alice Network

“The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived.”
― Ann Patchett

“It’s okay to listen to what people say and only hold on to the parts that resonate with you. It’s okay to leave the rest behind. Trust yourself to know the difference.”
― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter

“Auntie has shown me how to be a strong Nish kwe—full of love, anger, humor, sorrow, and joy. Not as something perfect: She is a woman who is complex and sometimes exhausted, but mostly brave. She loves imperfect people fiercely.”
― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper’s Daughter