“Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress—the solutions to today’s problems will lay the foundation for tomorrow’s problems, and so on. True happiness occurs only when you find the problems you enjoy having and enjoy solving. Sometimes”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“As scary as this can be I want you to know no matter how broken you feel, and how seemingly unlikely it is, we are never too broken to heal.”
― Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
― Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
“In the end, the courage of women can't be stamped out. And stories - the big ones, the true ones - can be caught but never killed.”
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
“They’re not special at all. The South Side is filled with kids like that.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
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