Jessica Burstrem

“This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.”
― Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 3

“I get busy and bury my thoughts in the movement of my hands. There is a saying I have grown to love and respect. It makes sense if you subscribe to the thought that the world, universe, God – however you choose to believe – always works in your best interest and for your highest good. We do not always see our highest good, and this can mean that the world, universe, God has to step in at times and make something happen. This can look like a step you were afraid to take. It can mean forcing you into action you would have perhaps never taken.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, Big As All Hell And Half Of Texas

“The Council for Temporal Studies.”
― Monique Martin, Out of Time

“a lower-income, thirty-two-year-old woman has a 40 percent chance of being abused, regardless of her race or occupation.1”
― Lynn Fairweather, Stop Signs: Recognizing, Avoiding, and Escaping Abusive Relationships