“I’m Not Fascinated By People Who Smile All The Time. What I Find Interesting Is The Way People Look

"You're a horrible daughter, a failure just like your father!"

Narcissists like to deflect their own flaws and make others feel like shit. I am a well educated, successful financial independent female always trying to be there and help out at home. So frustrating dealing with this! 😑

You,"he said," are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.

— Emilie Autumn

~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

i'm tired of giving others the privilege of being the light in my life. i am the moon and this is my sky and i will shine. i will shine all bright and beautiful, all by myself.

ekta somera

“I can’t change where I come from or what I’ve been through, so why should I be ashamed of what makes me, me?”

— Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

Have I endured loneliness with grace?

Meirl

It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can make you want to scream. But somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us.

— Lemony Snicket

Be smart, as much as you want. But try to be wise.

I am someone who thinks and feels much – more than is reasonable. And that is all.

— Virginia Woolf, from Moments Of Being: Unpublished Writings