45 Quotes by Meredith Russo

I wasn’t sorry I existed any more. I deserved to live. I deserved to find love. I knew now – I believed, now – that I deserved to be loved.

What if your son told you he was your daughter?

Amanda’s life and identity would be just as valid if she didn’t figure herself out until later in life, or if she were a tomboy, or if she were bisexual or a lesbian or asexual, or if she had trouble passing, or if she either could not or chose not to get “bottom” surgery.

Everybody’s got a past,′ he said. ‘That doesn’t mean you can’t have a future.

I’m not brave,” I said, smiling despite myself. “Bravery implies I had a choice. I’m just me, you know?” I.

There is no wrong way to express and embody your most authentic self!

Being a girl in this world means being afraid. That fear’ll keep you safe. It’ll keep you alive.

You tried to kill yourself,” she said, rolling her eyes up to heaven and biting her knuckle. “Andrew Hardy was gonna die one way or the other, and one of the choices gave me a daughter in exchange while the other left me with no one.” “I.

I wondered if joy could ever be felt by itself without being tainted with fear and confusion, or if some level of misery was a universal constant, like the speed of light.