DECEMBER Quotes

“offer yourself kindness instead of punishment.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“we start separating those external messages from your internal truth." "It's called unconditional positive self-regard," she added. "It's the belief that you have value, innate value, not because of your appearance, your performance, or anyone's approval. You don't earn it. You already have it. The work now is learning to believe that.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“Everyone carries something, Dec" she said quietly. "Some people wear their pain loud—scarred knuckles, raised voices, self-sabotage that screams. Others... it's quieter. It dresses well, smiles politely, answers texts on time. But it's still pain. None of it makes you less. None of it makes you unworthy. It just makes you real.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“deep down, I don't believe we should ever find our way back to each other.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“If there is any small mercy in my failure, it is this: I am beginning to do the work. I am learning to say the words I used to hide.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“that wall became a lie between you and me.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“You've already pulled the trigger; now it's attrition.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“#AbuseHasNoGender.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“My daughter was unhinged, dangerous, but she was mine. I would stand before her, take the blows for her, even as the weight of it dragged me toward ruin.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“The covers whispered for me to stay hidden, to sink back into the dark cocoon where no one expected anything of me.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“Every muscle ached with the weight of staying alive.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel

“Then my body,  my body became something I carried, not something I lived in.”
― Rina Amara GrovelDoll, DECEMBER: The Odd Ones, Stories of Love and Grovel