If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
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If I could mark clearly, convincingly and consistently what was good for me and also what was bad—if I could say yes and also no, as if it were the law—it would become my law.

— Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
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