The Audacity

by Katherine Ryan

A toy store is the right place to get emotional because everyone’s crying, so it goes largely unnoticed.

letting go isn’t the same as giving up.

It wasn’t normal that I’d grown up learning to constantly manage the erratic behaviour of the people I loved the most.

people can be closely or distantly related and still be polar opposites, so what’s the point in clinging onto those relationships on the basis of heredity alone?

she parented herself right out of a parenting job. That’s the goal with raising children, isn’t it? That if you do it well enough, your babies will become fulfilled and independent.

stop apologising so much, stop wasting your time asking questions when the answer doesn’t matter or is going to be a lie, and start navigating your life with a self-assuredness that pisses some people off.

You don’t need a long-term plan or a short-term plan – just wake up every day, wash your face and move forward with confidence.