The Maid's Diary

by Loreth Anne White

The danger. The risk. They are both married to other people.

Give the brown boy the top job because he’s brown.

I hate this perception most times made by white leadership

“Everyone, Jon, everyone has a past. Everyone has made a mistake. Everyone has a secret. A vulnerability.”

One should follow one’s heart, you

know, because before you realize it, your time on this earth is done and you’re at death’s door.”

I shake myself, clearing all the Kit-Kats from my head before entering the bathroom.

Love the play on words being her own name she's playing with 😅

We are—or we become—what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful who we pretend to be.

Appearances can be so deceptive.

People can seem so ordinary on the surface, but scratch the veneer and there’s always a secret beneath the gloss.

People—rich people—will do anything to protect themselves and their families . . . even kill.

What does one call a flock of crows again? A murder.

Have been seeing this reference A LOT in thrillers recently.

people are seldom what they seem.

So what if people pretend they are something they aren’t? Is it a lie? A crime?

No one is a totally reliable narrator. Life is all Story. Every bit of it.

If you find yourself drawn to or repulsed by a mischievous trickster or a clown, a rule breaker or magician, it’s a clear sign you need to explore the hidden—the buried—parts of your own nature, because the trickster is trying to poke a stick at your pretensions, your worldviews, your illusions, your false beliefs, your rigid ‘rules.’ In the trickster’s playful provocation, there always lies a hidden message.”

I love this.

“If we fail to embrace the lessons of the trickster, Kit,” she says, “we deny ourselves the capacity to witness our own shadow.”

I don’t think anything really heals trauma. You just find some kind of narrative to learn to cohabit with it.

I am Thelma and Louise racing at speed for that cliff . . .