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A review by moodreaderhan
Finding Me by Viola Davis
5.0
Nothing I say will put into words how marvelous this read was, so instead please read the quotes I have left below knowing there are a lot more quotable moments I did not list and then go read this book!
“I knew my life would be a fight, and I realized this: I had it in me.”
“May you live long enough to know why you were born.”
“...learned the hard way that when there are underlying issues, money does nothing. In fact, money exacerbates the problem because it takes away the individual’s ability to be held accountable.”
“No, but I’m doing the work. I’m in therapy. I’ve gotta clean things up before I can invite anyone into my life to love me.”
“My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.”
“Coming from a childhood of trauma, I needed a radical transformation. I hadn’t been taught how to navigate the world. I hadn’t been taught what could help me grow or live better. I’d been taught how to run from the world. I’d been taught how to hide and fight. I hadn’t been taught how to love and be still. As soon as he came into my life my life got better because I created a family with him, with someone who loved me. I was no longer solely defined by the family that raised me and my childhood memories… I could create my own family and I could create it intentionally with what I had learned.”
Love going into 2023 with such a great and promising book start!
“I knew my life would be a fight, and I realized this: I had it in me.”
“May you live long enough to know why you were born.”
“...learned the hard way that when there are underlying issues, money does nothing. In fact, money exacerbates the problem because it takes away the individual’s ability to be held accountable.”
“No, but I’m doing the work. I’m in therapy. I’ve gotta clean things up before I can invite anyone into my life to love me.”
“My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.”
“Coming from a childhood of trauma, I needed a radical transformation. I hadn’t been taught how to navigate the world. I hadn’t been taught what could help me grow or live better. I’d been taught how to run from the world. I’d been taught how to hide and fight. I hadn’t been taught how to love and be still. As soon as he came into my life my life got better because I created a family with him, with someone who loved me. I was no longer solely defined by the family that raised me and my childhood memories… I could create my own family and I could create it intentionally with what I had learned.”
Love going into 2023 with such a great and promising book start!