No Surrender Quotes

“If you have a few minutes, you should watch a TED talk from a woman named Brené Brown on vulnerability and shame. I don't think there's ever been a fifteen-minute talk that has had more of an impact on me than that one.”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender

“I’m sure I slid at least halfway on the Kinsey scale from straight toward gay.”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender

“He was a disappointment. An utter failure. And then the tears came, and”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender

“broke…wishing for the first time in his life that he would cease to exist.”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender

“Not his circus, not his monkeys”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender

“Addiction was an illness, no matter what people said. Willpower had little to do with it.”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender

“Let me tell you something, Jesse. The one thing I’ve learned in this job is that you should always, always trust your gut. It’s picking up on things that your conscious mind isn't aware of, the tiniest signals that something is off. They haven't made it to your conscious mind yet, but they will. If you allow them in at some point, you’ll be able to verbalize what it is that is making you on edge. Don't deny those instincts or push them”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender

“When people say they don’t have a choice, they’re lying. Of course you have a choice. The consequences of the alternatives aren’t acceptable to you, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have a choice. You can still choose to walk away and not be a Dom. You can opt to train at Sub Zero. Move somewhere else and find a club there.”
― Nora Phoenix, No Surrender