Beth

“You are not required to be small.
You are not required to be pleasant.
You are not required to be conventional.
You are not required to be accommodating.
You are not required to be submissive.
You are not required to be merciful.
You are not required to be quiet.”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

“A few years turned into more years, and more years turned into all years. Years have a habit of behaving like that.”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

“The weight of what has been lost is always heavier than what remains.”
― Brit Bennett, The Mothers

“I wrote my own story
And still said all the wrong things.”
― Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It