Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. The gaze of love is not deluded. It sees what is best in the beloved even when what is best in the beloved finds it hard to emerge into the light.

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We were told to never use I when writing, because eliminating this voice makes arguments legitimate. But we realize there is nothing that convinces like the self does - our life, our body & its beating, proving it's own jagged point. Tell me what is more powerful than the unerased. ― Amanda Gorman,

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Since the world is round There is no way to walk away From each other, for even then We are coming back together. ― Amanda Gorman

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When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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“It’s said that ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is this: a vine that sneaks up a tree, killing not by poison, but by blocking out its light. ― Amanda Gorman

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By Goodbye, we truly mean: Let us be able to say hello again. ― Amanda Gorman

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For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. ― Amanda Gorman

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The first bud of spring sings the other seeds into joining her uprising. ― Amanda Gorman

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Loss is the cost of loving ― Amanda Gorman

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Only when we're drowning do we understand how fierce our feet can kick. ― Amanda Gorman

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