Kellyanne Conway is one of the strongest and most cunning people I know. Words are her weapons, and she is a master at the art of verbal gunslinging. That woman could have a conversation with you, make you feel empowered and in control,
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“They stay in abusive marriages because they understand something that most of us do not, something from the inside out, something that seems to defy logic: as dangerous as it is in their homes, it is almost always far more dangerous to leave.”
― No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
― No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
“I believed my pleasant life would last forever. I now knew the error of that thinking. Life could change in an instant.”
― The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan
― The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan
“There’s danger in believing you have one central problem—an obstacle that, if removed, will allow happiness to bloom. People think, I’ll be happy when I’m thinner, when I’m richer, when I have a better job or partner, but they don’t realize it’s so much more complex”
― No One Crosses the Wolf: A Memoir
― No One Crosses the Wolf: A Memoir
“It’s hard to believe she could have thought of herself as a good mother, but I guess narcissistic people don’t have much sense of what they are really like or how they make other people feel.”
― The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
― The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss
“One of Padar’s proverbs came to mind: “One cannot exist with a heart torn in half between two loves, two decisions, or two worlds, because it will eventually break in two.”
― The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan
― The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan
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