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> [“Make plans. Train your body. Follow the guiding spirits. Be ready for anything, but never seek control. It's an illusion. You control nothing. At any point, the universe can come for you--with all its might and love and chaos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-guiding-spirits-be-ready-for/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

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## More by Gabby Rivera

> [“It made me wonder about all the ways that we are able to love each other and how movies and TV make it seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/it-made-me-wonder-about-all-the-ways-that-we-are-able-to-love-each/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“You will meet people who'll change the course of your life forever. Learn when to hold onto yourself and when to fly directly into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/you-will-meet-people-who-ll-change-the-course-of-your-life-forever/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Scrape knees for love. Tell hard truths for love. And definitely run heart-first into the unknown for love. Try to have a plan. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/scrape-knees-for-love-tell-hard-truths-for-love-and-definitely-run/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Make your own religion out of doubt and curiosity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/make-your-own-religion-out-of-doubt-and-curiosity/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Whatever pronouns a person chooses, if they choose any at all, are their right. Not a fucking preference,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/whatever-pronouns-a-person-chooses-if-they-choose-any-at-all-are/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Make plans. Train your body. Follow the guiding spirits. Be ready for anything, but never seek control. It's an illusion. You control nothing. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/make-plans-train-your-body-follow-the-guiding-spirits-be-ready-for/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Still, I was a tourist everywhere. Lifting language and culture from the love of people who weren't my kin but held me as their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/still-i-was-a-tourist-everywhere-lifting-language-and-culture-from/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Read everything you can push into your skull. Read your mother’s diary. Read Assata. Read everything Gloria Steinem and bell hooks write. Read all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/read-everything-you-can-push-into-your-skull-read-your-mother-s-diary/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Be brave, America. Be soft. Remember to twist the value sometimes and release all the pressure inside. What you've been through doesn't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/be-brave-america-be-soft-remember-to-twist-the-value-sometimes-and/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“All of the women in my life were telling me the same thing. My story, my truth, my life, my voice, all of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/all-of-the-women-in-my-life-were-telling-me-the-same-thing-my-story/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“And, like, does anyone really want to chill with random boys besides straight girls and other random boys?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/and-like-does-anyone-really-want-to-chill-with-random-boys-besides/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“home, alone in my room, with the sounds of #2 and #5 trains rumbling in the distance, I started with a letter to myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/home-alone-in-my-room-with-the-sounds-of-2-and-5-trains-rumbling-in/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“Who needs a girlfriend when you have abandonment issues and super-powers?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/who-needs-a-girlfriend-when-you-have-abandonment-issues-and-super/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“On that one-in-a-million chance when life actually gives you a do-over, you better make sure you get it right. Or the universe might swallow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/on-that-one-in-a-million-chance-when-life-actually-gives-you-a-do/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

> [“I wondered if there was a price to pay for this peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabby-rivera/i-wondered-if-there-was-a-price-to-pay-for-this-peace/)

[Gabby Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabby-rivera/)

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