FEISTY MIND
Not only from books can a woman live; this is the intersection of my multiple layers.
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I would not call it exactly a premonition, but sometimes I know, somewhere in my gut, that certain things are going to happen. I knew the day my mother tried to kill herself. I was at the bottom of the stairs, all dressed up to have my birthday lunch with my father, and when she
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There’s nothing more life-consuming than an idea when you only have one.It’s scary, really, the time you spend thinking about the same thing over and over again until there’s nothing else.
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Nothing can crush your soul faster than an eight-hour corporate strategy meeting.
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You don’t own me: I’m not just one of your many toysYou don’t own me: Don’t say I can’t go with other boys And don’t tell me what to doDon’t tell me what to sayAnd please, when I go out with youDon’t put me on display ’cause You don’t own me: Don’t try to change
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Yeah, you bleed just to know you’re alive. Iris – Goo Goo Dolls ‧ 1998
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This space started in 2016 with my desperate need to write in English. You see, my mother tongue is Portuguese. However, 10 years ago, I left sunny Lisbon and filled my days with Amsterdam clouds. Not daring to learn proper Dutch, my days are filled with English. I breathe and live in this language that,
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