Crystal

“I did not know that there are miles between running out of things to say, and running out of the strength to say them.”
― Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter

“I was tempted, as I always am, to take the bait when my mother offers me empathy. Tempted by my fantastical belief that one day I will lower my walls, and she will do the same. Then I end up blaming myself for not remembering to stick to the conversational paths offering the least resistance, furious at myself for veering too far into the unexplored or exiled.”
― Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter

“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”
― Rumi

“And you know what the worst thing was?
The worst thing was that nobody ever believed how hard we tried.”
― Jack McCarthy