Mary > Mary's Quotes

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
― Augusten Burroughs

“That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“It’s amazing how someone can touch you, even if you only know them for a moment in time. How they can change you, alter you indelibly.”
― Abby Jimenez, Part of Your World

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
― Sarah Williams

“Perfectionism is the belief that something is broken - you. So you dress up your brokenness with degrees, achievements, accolades, pieces of paper, none of which can fix what you think you are fixing.”
― Edith Eger, The Choice: Embrace the Possible

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience