The Safe Place Quotes

“Emily: “I know I can do what I want. It’s just … I wish my parents could be just a little bit proud of me.”

Nina sighed. “Well, that would be nice, but you know what I’ve learned? If you wait around for other people to approve your decisions, you’ll be waiting a long time. Approve them yourself. Be proud of yourself.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“Okay, here’s what I think,” Nina said at last … “You, Emily Proudman, are a beautiful, wonderful, creative, curious human. You’re warm and generous and a joy to be around. You’re also very intelligent. But you see yourself as a victim.” …

“You’re looking for someone to blame for your unhappiness — your parents, all those casting directors, anyone. But here’s the thing: at this point in your life, everything you surround yourself with is there because you chose it to be.” …

“You were raised in a privileged country,” Nina continued … “You’re educated, and you’ve been given economic opportunity. You have the power and the freedom to choose how you live and, more importantly, how you feel about how you live. You’re not a victim. You’re in control. You just don’t know it yet.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“She was exactly where she needed to be. She'd made a good choice - a great choice and she would own it just as she would own every other choice she made from now on.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“After All, The universe worked in strange and mysterious ways.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“Everyone was carrying something, she was beginning to realize. The world was a much darker and more complicated place than she’d every thought.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“Scott left an impression so strong it packed an almost physical punch, while Nina moved so lightly over the sand she didn't even seem to leave footprints.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“Everything’s going to be alright,” Nina said, her arm around Emily’s shoulders. “So what if your dream didn’t quite work out as planned? Just go get a new one.”

Emily sniffed. “A new dream?”

“Sure.”

“But what if it sucks just as much as the last one did?”

Nina shrugged. “Look around you.” … “Do you think it sucks?”

Grinning, Emily shook her head. “No.”

“Me neither.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“The shade of red changes as the wine matures, turning more orange or brown”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“If u wait around for other people to approve your decisions., you'll be waiting a long time. Approve them urself. Be proud of yourself”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“You have the power and the freedom to choose How u live and more importantly, how u feel about how u live. Ur not a victim. Youre in control. You just dont know it yet.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“Youre looking for someone to blame for ur unhappiness ur parents, all those casting directors anyone. But heres the thing _ at this point in your life, everything u surround ur w/ is there cause u chose it to be.”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place

“Nina - You, Emily Proudman, Are a Beautiful Wonderful, Creative, curious human. Youre warm & generous & Joy to be around Youre also very intelligent. But you see ur self as victims”
― Anna Downes, The Safe Place