Keenan

“Words of affirmation are simply true statements affirming the worth of another person.”
― Gary Chapman, The 5 Love Languages Singles Edition: The Secret That Will Revolutionize Your Relationships

“Depression isn't a disease; depression is a normal response to abnormal life experiences!”
― Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions

“Everyone has prejudice and discriminates, but structures of oppression go well beyond individuals. While women could be prejudiced and discriminate against men in individual interactions, women as a group could not deny men their civil rights. But men as a group could and did deny women their civil rights. Men could do so because they controlled all the institutions.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“To end loneliness, you need other people—plus something else. You also need, he explained to me, to feel you are sharing something with the other person, or the group, that is meaningful to both of you. You have to be in it together—and “it” can be anything that you both think has meaning and value.”
― Johann Hari, Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions