“It is hard to stop loving the ocean, even after it’s left you gasping, salty.”

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“When I was younger, I was convinced my mother was the only person who has ever hated my body more than I did.”

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“When I say that we are all teen girls, what I mean is that when my grandmother called to ask why I didn’t respond to her letter, all I heard was, ‘Why didn’t you text me back? Why don’t you love me?’”

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“I love all of her even if there are aspects of myself she has no desire to learn how to love.”

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“The first said: you must be a man, as much as you want it. Then offered a glass of water, which is to say, ‘have I not baptized you enough?’”

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“And I never meant to replicate her, but spend enough time sitting across from someone and you pick up their habits.”

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“When she tells me that she loves me and that she has a lying problem on the same day, I know I am completely and utterly fucked.”

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