Amanda > Amanda's Quotes

“Parenthood was a persistent cruelty, a constant, simultaneous desire to be together and apart.”
― Claire Lombardo, Same As It Ever Was

“You don’t need to fix yourself. You’re not broken. But it’s okay to get outside help if it gets too loud.”
― Kaylie Smith, Phantasma

“So quickly people will turn a blind eye to the misfortunes of others. It’s the dark voice in their ear, whispering, just leave it be. Don’t get involved, lest it happen to you too.”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“Imagine what women could do if we started being loyal to each other?”
― Raven Kennedy, Gleam

“You don’t have to be cruel to be strong. You don’t have to be mean to seem brave. You don’t have to look down on others in order to stand tall. Having emotions does not mean you’re weak. It means you’re smart enough to let yourself feel.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“Maybe none of us truly know our own strength. Not until the world has hacked away at us. But the point is, we aren’t strong because of our trauma. We were always strong to begin with. We just needed to figure it out for ourselves.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“Even the most powerful people can be made to feel powerless. Finding your strength even when you believe you have none is what makes you a true force.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“I had to be the one to save myself.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“I need you all to tuck your dicks in for a second and try to think rationally. Like a woman.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“One person’s pain doesn’t negate another’s. Our heartaches are not competition, but the bridge to empathy. So that we can look at one another and know that on some level, we understand. That’s one beautiful thing about grief, I think. That sometimes, we can find someone in the world to look at from the other side of the bridge of our torments and know that we are not alone.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“You can say something until you’re blue in the face, and it won’t do any good. People rarely change their opinions when they’re argued with. They only tend to listen to the voices of those they already agree with.”
― Raven Kennedy, Glow

“I told her I’d be the villain for her, and I was. Now, I need to also be the hero she would want me to be.”
― Raven Kennedy, Goldfinch

“When the one who thinks she’s in charge of the world told me to get a minimizing bra and a pair of Spanx”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends

“Maybe none of us had it easy. But maybe being more aware of how we treated each other could help break the cycle.”
― Sara Goodman Confino, For the Love of Friends