A Quote by Laurie Halse Anderson
It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow.
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When I am dancing, it feels like my prayer. It's like an offering. I offer my head back to the dance, I offer my shoulders back to the dance, my elbows, my hands, my spine, my knees, my feet, my whole self, my bones, my blood, my experience, my suffering... I offer it all back to the dance and I say: take it, do whatever you want with me. Release me.
I pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me.
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Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.
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