selves

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He just gave them permission to be their true selves.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

References to past selves and ghosts are a thread in many of her novels.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

And there’s one more person we can influence a whole lot, too: our future selves.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

We deserve to be our best selves as we navigate perimenopause and menopause.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

We also talked about doing things your own way, the diary, loneliness, the difference between everyone’s inner and outer selves, my mask, etc.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank