ShannonStorm

“Here's something I learned along the way: pay attention to whether a behavior is a pattern or an event. We all have really bad days, and we all do stupid things and hurt people. We just do. And if what's getting under your skin is a negative event--meaning the behavior is out of character--then dip into your supply of grace and understanding, talk it out, and let it go. It's what you'd want in return. But if what's causing you pain is part of a negative pattern, if it's something that keeps happening and no effort is put toward remedying the behavior, well, then you have a pretty grim decision to make: stay or walk away. (Walk away!)”
― Kristina Kuzmic, Hold On, But Don't Hold Still

“Girls who are ignored can learn to be impossible, can learn to listen, and look, and learn more than they were ever meant to know.”
― A. Deborah Baker, Over the Woodward Wall

“Heartache had been a part of her life so long it had become as familiar as the color of her hair or the slight curve in her spine. Sometimes it was the lens through which she viewed her world and sometimes it was the blindfold she wore so she didn't see. But it was always there. (p117)”
― Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

“All these things eventually turn on us; we become slaves to our belongings, forced to spend time and energy caring for them.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism