People don’t just happen. We sacrifice former versions of o… - Saeed Jones

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People don’t just happen. We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The ‘I’ it seems doesn’t exist until we are able to say, ‘I am no longer yours.

Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives · October 8, 2019 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985) is an American poet.

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