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Dominique had once compared her life to a beach after a storm: rarely was any treasure tossed up on shore there, but if you were a fan or collector of driftwood, bottle glass, or the variety of odd and surprising things that had been adrift in the ocean a long time, then you frequently found useful objects there to take home and appreciate.
We are born with everything in here - everything we need to be happy and complete. But as soon as life starts frightening us, we give away pieces of ourselves to make the danger go away. It's a trade: you want life to stop scaring you, so you give it a part of yourself. You give away your pride, your dignity, or your courage...
-The Ghost In Love; Jonathan Carroll