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If she had to pick a strange man to rescue her, at least it was one who was outraged by the right things.
Nik couldn’t remember the last time she’d seen a man voluntarily give credit to a woman for an idea.
prided herself on being self-sufficient and self-reliant and an Independent Woman, et cetera, et cetera, had caved under the slightest amount of pressure and called on a man to come save her.
She’d had other friends who grew up with Spanish-speaking parents who had the same thing happen, and they’d both hated and understood the choice that their parents had made.
It’s okay to not react perfectly all the time; it’s okay to say no to people; it’s okay even to not love someone back.”
He loved her for her kindness, her ability to laugh both at him and at herself, and her intelligence. But most of all, he loved her for that feeling he had when he sat next to her on his couch in silence or woke up next to her in bed, that feeling of peace and happiness. That he was with someone who understood him and everything about him. That everything was right with the world.
She sent you off to the hospital to take care of your family, and then she showed up a few hours later because she thought you needed her. Which you did. You don’t always have to be the hero, Carlos, and you definitely don’t need to be my dad. It’s okay to just be my brother.”
There are all of those commercials and things in women’s magazines about hiding things you buy from your husband. They always make it seem like a thing all women do, that it’s a joke we’re all in together.
sometimes it felt like all of society was complicit in trying to make life harder for women.
How could anyone ever trust someone again after someone they loved had made them feel so isolated and doubt their own instincts?
“Women who know how to fight hold themselves differently. I’ve seen that in the women who’ve taught me,
You walk into any situation with an attitude that you’ve got this, you can defend yourself, you are strong.
constant messages I got from society that women are weak, women should be afraid, women should sett...
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Once I learned to trust myself, my instincts, and my emotions, trusting other people was a lot easier.”
