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Aspen Matis quotes: But the truth was stranger than an aimless road, it always was.

But the truth was stranger than an aimless road, it always was.

Aspen Matis quotes: The implication: I had hallucinated a rape.

The implication: I had hallucinated a rape.

Aspen Matis quotes: I had once again proven that again alone, I was again enough.

I had once again proven that again alone, I was again enough.

Aspen Matis quotes: The small word, "No." I'd see its deity.

The small word, "No." I'd see its deity.

Aspen Matis quotes: The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.

The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.

Aspen Matis quotes: I walked home holding Tom's hand, not letting it go even as he tottered across a soccer field where there was nothing that could hurt him.

I walked home holding Tom's hand, not letting it go even as he tottered across a soccer field where there was nothing that could hurt him.

Aspen Matis quotes: Happy people have everything to give.

Happy people have everything to give.

Aspen Matis quotes: It was heartbreaking to realize how we can fail the people we most love without even trying.

It was heartbreaking to realize how we can fail the people we most love without even trying.

Aspen Matis quotes: The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone whom you love and admire.

The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone whom you love and admire.

Aspen Matis quotes: I needed only to allow myself to know what I already knew.

I needed only to allow myself to know what I already knew.

Aspen Matis quotes: Loss is the shocking catalyst of transformation.

Loss is the shocking catalyst of transformation.

Aspen Matis quotes: I didn't know if I was brave or reckless.

I didn't know if I was brave or reckless.

Aspen Matis quotes: Fire is not essential. Fire is warm comfort. From fire, cultures are born.

Fire is not essential. Fire is warm comfort. From fire, cultures are born.

Aspen Matis quotes: I wanted him to look at me like maybe I was magic.

I wanted him to look at me like maybe I was magic.

Aspen Matis quotes: I'd believed I needed to be steady in myself before I could function with others - but surviving alone no longer felt like a good way either.

I'd believed I needed to be steady in myself before I could function with others - but surviving alone no longer felt like a good way either.

Aspen Matis quotes: She was my mirror image, slightly distorted, flipped, older, larger, more able to coexist with a pack of men. I'd be their pawn. She was their queen.

She was my mirror image, slightly distorted, flipped, older, larger, more able to coexist with a pack of men. I'd be their pawn. She was their queen.

Aspen Matis quotes: I was beginning to feel compassion for myself.

I was beginning to feel compassion for myself.

Aspen Matis quotes: We aren't afraid of what we can explain.

We aren't afraid of what we can explain.

Aspen Matis quotes: I began to lust after our conjoining life.

I began to lust after our conjoining life.

Aspen Matis quotes: When I felt strongly I would say it strongly.

When I felt strongly I would say it strongly.

Aspen Matis quotes: I was safe in this world. This was a place for creatures - I felt I had become more of a creature than a girl. I could handle myself in

I was safe in this world. This was a place for creatures - I felt I had become more of a creature than a girl. I could handle myself in the wild.

Aspen Matis quotes: After twelve years of trying, I just decided to stop missing.

After twelve years of trying, I just decided to stop missing.

Aspen Matis quotes: Each year, Gracie Henderson moons a thousand strangers, collects their shocked faces in an annual photo album.

Each year, Gracie Henderson moons a thousand strangers, collects their shocked faces in an annual photo album.

Aspen Matis quotes: My body was smarter than I was. I was with someone who would never hurt me, and so I finally relaxed.

My body was smarter than I was. I was with someone who would never hurt me, and so I finally relaxed.

Aspen Matis quotes: She wrote something down. She held her eyes firm on the pad. "Marijuana is a hallucinogen," she said softly.

She wrote something down. She held her eyes firm on the pad. "Marijuana is a hallucinogen," she said softly.

Aspen Matis quotes: Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to.

Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to.

Aspen Matis quotes: These tools were my parents' way of saying: What you're doing is important. We support it. We want to help you find your way.

These tools were my parents' way of saying: What you're doing is important. We support it. We want to help you find your way.

Aspen Matis quotes: Vividly seeing that love had always been my mother's guide, I could finally release my anger - let go of it there in the woods - and move past it.

Vividly seeing that love had always been my mother's guide, I could finally release my anger - let go of it there in the woods - and move past it.

Aspen Matis quotes: I wanted to come close to fierce wild things. They seemed prehistoric, rare and sacred.

I wanted to come close to fierce wild things. They seemed prehistoric, rare and sacred.

Aspen Matis quotes: I realized she was finding Junior innocent of rape. That meant that I was guilty of lying.

I realized she was finding Junior innocent of rape. That meant that I was guilty of lying.

Aspen Matis quotes: I sensed he was the one who might be able to see me clearly, the way I most wished to be seen.

I sensed he was the one who might be able to see me clearly, the way I most wished to be seen.

Aspen Matis quotes: I told myself that my separation from Dash was necessary. I couldn't wreck my hike for anyone, not Dash, no one. I knew this now.

I told myself that my separation from Dash was necessary. I couldn't wreck my hike for anyone, not Dash, no one. I knew this now.

Aspen Matis quotes: It was my first lesson in the fragility of attraction.

It was my first lesson in the fragility of attraction.

Aspen Matis quotes: This is the story of how my recklessness became my salvation.

This is the story of how my recklessness became my salvation.

Aspen Matis quotes: As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light.

As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light.

Aspen Matis quotes: I was promising myself strength.I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it.

I was promising myself strength.

I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it.

Aspen Matis quotes: I had no evidence. No physical signs of my rape existed anymore. My body had already purged them. That was the irreversible reality.

I had no evidence. No physical signs of my rape existed anymore. My body had already purged them. That was the irreversible reality.

Aspen Matis quotes: My mom used to tell me, "I don't like my mother, but I love her.

My mom used to tell me, "I don't like my mother, but I love her.

Aspen Matis quotes: Childhood is a wilderness.

Childhood is a wilderness.

Aspen Matis quotes: I flushed - this time not in shame - but in rage.

I flushed - this time not in shame - but in rage.

Aspen Matis quotes: The PCT would lead me to an otherworld, through the sadness I felt here, out of it.

The PCT would lead me to an otherworld, through the sadness I felt here, out of it.

Aspen Matis quotes: My relationship with my mother trapped me in the identity of a child.

My relationship with my mother trapped me in the identity of a child.

Aspen Matis quotes: I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love.

I wanted both things: strength in my independence and also this new desire. This felt like the beginning of a new kind of love.

Aspen Matis quotes: There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes

There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes

Aspen Matis quotes: After all this time questioning whether I could trust myself, my instinct had proven right - I'd found a path in pathless woods.

After all this time questioning whether I could trust myself, my instinct had proven right - I'd found a path in pathless woods.

Aspen Matis quotes: I was no longer following a trail. I was learning to follow myself.

I was no longer following a trail.

I was learning to follow myself.

Aspen Matis quotes: I'd crossed a border - Speaking openly, exposing the weak girl I'd been, I was no longer her.

I'd crossed a border -

Speaking openly, exposing the weak girl I'd been, I was no longer her.

Aspen Matis quotes: In lovesickness we had found a common language.

In lovesickness we had found a common language.

Aspen Matis quotes: I wrote through darkness, vividly seeing: my passivity was not a crime; my desire to trust was not a flaw.

I wrote through darkness, vividly seeing: my passivity was not a crime; my desire to trust was not a flaw.

Aspen Matis quotes: Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity - a sacred thing.

Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity - a sacred thing.