“Of course it hurts knowing how this is all so wrong of me, this constant need for movement, even backward”— Carlie Hoffman, narrativemagazine.comTagged: Leaving, Movement, Leaving Home, Running Away, Running
“I was so young before New York that I believed loving myself each day would be easier there. But lying in bed, I can hear the wind, and the trees shaking because they have no choice, and I want to go someplace where the trees grow apples shiny and persistent as stars.”— Carlie Hoffman, narrativemagazine.comTagged: young, Loving Yourself, Self-Love, Learning To Love Yourself, Persistance