Cara Stone

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent”
― Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“They'd shake their heads and hug me too long and say, 'How. Are. You. Doing?' When I'd say, in all honesty, that I was fine, they'd look to the sky, nod their heads, and ask for the truth. Well, the truth was that I was doing great, until I saw their funereal fucking faces. Now, I felt like slapping someone.”
― Meredith Norton, Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting

“Since the diagnosis, all the hugs may have been intended to help me, but were really serving the hugger.”
― Meredith Norton, Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead