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Matis Quotes: "I needed only to allow myself to know what I already knew."

I needed only to allow myself to know what I already knew.



Matis Quotes: "In lovesickness we had found a common language."

In lovesickness we had found a common language.




Matis Quotes: "I wanted to come close to fierce wild things. They seemed prehistoric, rare and sacred."

I wanted to come close to fierce wild things. They seemed prehistoric, rare and sacred.



Matis Quotes: "She taught me only how to need to be taken care of. I was here because I needed to learn to take responsibility for making my own decisions — to earn my own trust."

She taught me only how to need to be taken care of. I was here because I needed to learn to take responsibility for making my own decisions — to earn my own trust.




Matis Quotes: "These tools were my parents’ way of saying: What you’re doing is important. We support it. We want to help you find your way."

These tools were my parents’ way of saying: What you’re doing is important. We support it. We want to help you find your way.



Matis Quotes: "I was desperate not to confront the fact that this really could be it—that "nineteen" didn't matter, that there really was a point at which even young bodies fail. I was not immortal."

I was desperate not to confront the fact that this really could be it—that "nineteen" didn't matter, that there really was a point at which even young bodies fail. I was not immortal.



Matis Quotes: "Though I was starved for contact, I didn’t stop to talk to any of these strangers. I had forgotten how to convincingly speak the polite things strangers say to each other."

Though I was starved for contact, I didn’t stop to talk to any of these strangers. I had forgotten how to convincingly speak the polite things strangers say to each other.




Matis Quotes: "He understood. In lovesickness we had found a common language."

He understood. In lovesickness we had found a common language.



Matis Quotes: "It was my first lesson in the fragility of attraction."

It was my first lesson in the fragility of attraction.



Matis Quotes: "I walked without breaks, slept through nights without waking, inhumanly smooth – a small machine."

I walked without breaks, slept through nights without waking, inhumanly smooth – a small machine.



Matis Quotes: "Each year, Gracie Henderson moons a thousand strangers, collects their shocked faces in an annual photo album."

Each year, Gracie Henderson moons a thousand strangers, collects their shocked faces in an annual photo album.



Matis Quotes: "My malady was submission.The symptom: my compliance.The antidote was loud clear boundaries."

My malady was submission.The symptom: my compliance.The antidote was loud clear boundaries.




Matis Quotes: "I felt unready to hold myself responsible for the decision if I slept with him"

I felt unready to hold myself responsible for the decision if I slept with him



Matis Quotes: "The small word, “No.” I’d see its deity."

The small word, “No.” I’d see its deity.



Matis Quotes: "I was no longer following a trail. I was learning to follow myself."

I was no longer following a trail. I was learning to follow myself.



Matis Quotes: "When I felt strongly I would say it strongly."

When I felt strongly I would say it strongly.



Matis Quotes: "I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was his, and I could stop misrepresenting myself, and I could accept myself."

I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was his, and I could stop misrepresenting myself, and I could accept myself.




Matis Quotes: "I was beginning to feel compassion for myself."

I was beginning to feel compassion for myself.



Matis Quotes: "She told me that women who wore makeup had bad values. Putting on makeup would have been a statement—a rebellion. I didn’t try it. I grew to feel guilty for wanting to feel attractive."

She told me that women who wore makeup had bad values. Putting on makeup would have been a statement—a rebellion. I didn’t try it. I grew to feel guilty for wanting to feel attractive.



Matis Quotes: "Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing."

Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing.



Matis Quotes: "After twelve years of trying, I just decided to stop missing."

After twelve years of trying, I just decided to stop missing.



Matis Quotes: "Children believe they are immortal, death is an empty word like the name of a country they’ve never been to on a time-faded map. I wasn’t a child anymore."

Children believe they are immortal, death is an empty word like the name of a country they’ve never been to on a time-faded map. I wasn’t a child anymore.



Matis Quotes: "I realized that no, no one would actually come to save or even stop me, I had absolutely no choice. The scale tipped: the moment not doing it became more difficult and unbearable than just doing it."

I realized that no, no one would actually come to save or even stop me, I had absolutely no choice. The scale tipped: the moment not doing it became more difficult and unbearable than just doing it.



Matis Quotes: "Because I feared I couldn't walk to Newton Centre without her, I needed to hike through desert, snow and woods alone.Childhood is a wilderness."

Because I feared I couldn't walk to Newton Centre without her, I needed to hike through desert, snow and woods alone.Childhood is a wilderness.



Matis Quotes: "It was heartbreaking to realize how we can fail the people we most love without even trying."

It was heartbreaking to realize how we can fail the people we most love without even trying.



Matis Quotes: "I had no evidence. No physical signs of my rape existed anymore. My body had already purged them. That was the irreversible reality."

I had no evidence. No physical signs of my rape existed anymore. My body had already purged them. That was the irreversible reality.



Matis Quotes: "If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and also no, as if it were the law—it would become my law."

If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and also no, as if it were the law—it would become my law.



Matis Quotes: "I had once again proven that again alone, I was again enough."

I had once again proven that again alone, I was again enough.



Matis Quotes: "But the truth was stranger than an aimless road, it always was."

But the truth was stranger than an aimless road, it always was.



Matis Quotes: "Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to."

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



Matis Quotes: "Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing. Drinking was no longer something to take for granted. I’d never needed to consider water before."

Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing. Drinking was no longer something to take for granted. I’d never needed to consider water before.



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

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



Matis Quotes: "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.



Matis Quotes: "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’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.



Matis Quotes: "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.



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



Matis Quotes: "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.



Matis Quotes: "The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone whom you love and admire."

The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone whom you love and admire.



Matis Quotes: "I'd crossed a border—Speaking openly, exposing the weak girl I'd been, I was no longer her."

I'd crossed a border—Speaking openly, exposing the weak girl I'd been, I was no longer her.



Matis Quotes: "I didn’t know if I was brave or reckless."

I didn’t know if I was brave or reckless.



Matis Quotes: "You don’t need extra food, extra water, extra clothing for extra warmth – anything extra. You don’t need soap or deodorant. Everything you carry you should need daily."

You don’t need extra food, extra water, extra clothing for extra warmth – anything extra. You don’t need soap or deodorant. Everything you carry you should need daily.



Matis Quotes: "As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light."

As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light.



Matis Quotes: "We aren’t afraid of what we can explain."

We aren’t afraid of what we can explain.



Matis Quotes: "Living as Wild Child, I could no longer be Debby Parker comfortably — this name that I’d been given at birth that defined me before I’d had the chance to define myself."

Living as Wild Child, I could no longer be Debby Parker comfortably — this name that I’d been given at birth that defined me before I’d had the chance to define myself.



Matis Quotes: "My relationship with my mother trapped me in the identity of a child."

My relationship with my mother trapped me in the identity of a child.



Matis Quotes: "He hadn’t treated me with the love and compassion I wanted, but I was worthy of that love, and someday some boy would have it for me. I hadn’t found it yet, but I would find it soon."

He hadn’t treated me with the love and compassion I wanted, but I was worthy of that love, and someday some boy would have it for me. I hadn’t found it yet, but I would find it soon.



Matis Quotes: "My path, beyond doubt or denial. I just hadn’t looked toward it. I wasn’t lost. I’d always known the way. If I’d only allowed myself to look. I had never been lost, only scared."

My path, beyond doubt or denial. I just hadn’t looked toward it. I wasn’t lost. I’d always known the way. If I’d only allowed myself to look. I had never been lost, only scared.



Matis 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.