Ashes Quote by Naomi Shihab Nye

“Later our dreams begin catching fire around the edges, they burn like paper, we wake with our hands full of ash.”

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“Remembering your mistakes more acutely than any minor success. This was the worst. The things that kept you up at night. Tip a waiter that was too small. The words that didn't fit the moment. Words that didn't come till to late. You could kill yourself in increments, punishing your spirit day after day-regret. Guilt. Not the guilt of the…

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