Adriel

“The only thing worse than finding out it’s the end of the world is having to talk through your feelings about it with your mom.”
― Suzy Krause, I Think We've Been Here Before

“In idiot compassion, you avoid rocking the boat to spare people’s feelings, even though the boat needs rocking and your compassion ends up being more harmful than your honesty. People do this with teenagers, spouses, addicts, even themselves. Its opposite is wise compassion, which means caring about the person but also giving him or her a loving truth bomb when needed.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“regret can go one of two ways: it can either shackle you to the past or serve as an engine for change.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables