“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about. Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.” - Nina Simone
I’m grieving what was never there to begin with. I’m grieving an idea of myself and of my place in the world. I am not grieving what is or what was. I am grieving what doesn’t exist and what has never existed, except in my own thoughts. [But] there will be new dreams, different dreams, dreams that are based on what is real.
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| — | Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg |
