Cherrie Moraga Quotes

Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation.

- Cherrie Moraga

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Sanity | Self-awareness | | Breakdown | Beginning |

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