Nicole O > Nicole's Quotes

“I’d never been to Colombia. Yet in a way, I felt like I’d gone a dozen times. That’s because my parents kept Eric and me connected to their homeland. They played the music, prepared the foods, told us stories from their childhoods.”
― Diane Guerrero, In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

“I once heard an artist say that when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“That’s when communication fails: when people start making assumptions. Don’t infer I feel something based on something I never said.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“But the problem with rules, he reflected, was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things. When, in fact, most of the time there were simply ways, none of them quite wrong or quite right, and nothing to tell you for sure which side of the line you stood on.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

“When our partner is unable to meet our basic attachment needs, we experience a chronic sense of disquiet and tension that leaves us more exposed to various ailments. Not only is our emotional well-being sacrificed when we are in a romantic partnership with someone who doesn’t provide a secure base, but so is our physical health.”
― Amir Levine, Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

“twice broken, three times more powerful.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

“my love has been known to perform miracles.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

“America, while you were asleep another woman mourned her dead black lover’s bullet-ridden body, as his baby cried for her father’s life.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

“If someone gives you permission, they can take it away. I give myself permission.”
― Lucille Clifton