Helena Dea Bala > Quotes

“And I discovered, too, that people needed to talk. Not to converse, not to get advice, not to have a clever repartee. They needed to get things off their chests. Truly, to vent.”
― Helena Dea Bala, Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers

“I wish there was a label you could wear that told people everything they needed to know about you. I feel like it would make people so much kinder to one another—to know of people’s troubles and burdens, and be more considerate of them. Mine would say—Maddy: good person, hard worker, grew up poor. Trying her best.”
― Helena Dea Bala, Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers

“I'm still here; I got your back. If you're falling, I'm here to catch you. But I want to know what branches you tried to reach for on your way down. I want to know that you tried to help yourself.”
― Helena Dea Bala, Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers