April > April's Quotes

“I don't just use yarn from a store. I buy old sweaters from consignment shops. The older the better, and unravel them. There are countries of women in this scarf/shawl/blanket. Soon it will be big enough to keep me warm. ”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

“Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

“E.E Cummings wrote, "To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight- and never stop fighting.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“Even very good activities can become very exhausting activities when we do them to convince ourselves and others that we are worthy of being loved.”
― April Fiet, The Sacred Pulse: Holy Rhythms for Overwhelmed Souls

“Perfectionism is debilitating. I want you to embrace adaptive imperfection. We aren’t settling for less; we are engaging in adaptive routines”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning