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Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir Quotes: death is not a pretty flower that had almost pricked me. It was not a small annoyance I could simply bypass and quickly disregard. It was really The End.
         

death is not a pretty flower that had almost pricked me. It was not a small annoyance I could simply bypass and quickly disregard. It was really The End.


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death is not a pretty flower that had almost pricked me. It was not a small annoyance I could simply bypass and quickly disregard. It was really The End.
         



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The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry.

The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry.



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Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to.



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There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes

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The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.

The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.



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I’d believed I needed to be steady in myself before I could function with others—but surviving alone no longer felt like a good way either.



I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself.

I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself.



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I was promising myself strength.I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it.



I was the director of my life, it was already true, and I would soon lead myself to my dreamed-of destinations.It was the task of my one thousand miles of solitude.

I was the director of my life, it was already true, and I would soon lead myself to my dreamed-of destinations.It was the task of my one thousand miles of solitude.



I no longer needed to peel myself of my skin, or to hide. To Dash the colorless ephemeral things that existed just beneath my surface were as vivid as the beauty marks he traced on my cheek.

I no longer needed to peel myself of my skin, or to hide. To Dash the colorless ephemeral things that existed just beneath my surface were as vivid as the beauty marks he traced on my cheek.





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