Meg Haston Quotes

#1. The girl in the mirror was too much and not enough.

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#2. Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotising, but after a while the weight of it could sink you.

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#3. My body is both weapon and wound, predator and prey. I will self-destruct without any help.

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#4. Yes, the illness took away. It clawed at family and time and the very beating of our hearts. But it gave, too. For me, it was the only way I could move through life blurry, without having to see things as they really were. It would have been too much that way, having to stare at my life head-on.

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#5. But every time I near sleep, I'm scared shitless. Because the memories are coming faster now, pouring through me, as if I've broken the handle on the faucet. They are coming, no matter how much is hurts. And all I can do is hold my breath and try not to drown.

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#6. We are all a collection of lost causes, stashed here so no one has to see just how wounded we are.

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#7. It's nice to see the world that way sometimes, blurred around the edges like I've snuck to the bottom of the ocean and am staring up at the sun.

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#8. Death is not an exact science, which is irritating for those of us who appreciate precision.

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#9. We're meant to be part of a we. Something bigger, something outside of ourselves.

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