Scattering Ashes Quotes

“I’ve quit trying to be like everyone I admire, or to be who others expect me to be. I can only be myself—a highly sensitive introvert who has had some unfortunate circumstances in her life. It’s getting a bit easier to say no to things I’m not comfortable doing, instead of saying yes and suffering the consequences.”
― Joan Z. Rough, Scattering Ashes: A Memoir of Letting Go

“If you were to ask me what my most important life lessons have been, I’d tell you that I have learned that I must use my own oxygen mask before helping others with theirs, that my heart tries to hold more of the world’s pain than it can, and that I am not the worthless, broken idiot I once believed I was. I’m learning that I have limits. That I am a highly sensitive human being who needs more space, time, and quiet than others. I need to say “no” more often than I say “yes,” and despite my occasional wishes to end it all, I love life more than anything else.”
― Joan Z. Rough, Scattering Ashes: A Memoir of Letting Go

“The best and most readable on the list is The Drama of the Gifted Child, by Alice Miller.”
― Joan Z. Rough, Scattering Ashes: A Memoir of Letting Go

“Even when I know I’m right, I feel guilty until I’m proven innocent.”
― Joan Z. Rough, Scattering Ashes: A Memoir of Letting Go