Vanessa Ya Lopez

“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
― Amy Bloom

“The hot air was pregnant with jasmine and eucalyptus.”
― Tembi Locke, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

“Children are compelled to give meaning to what is happening to them. When there is no clear explanation, they make one up; the intersection of trauma and the developmentally appropriate egocentrism of childhood often leads a little kid to think, I made it happen.”
― Nadine Burke Harris, The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity—A Transformative Guide to Understanding Childhood Trauma and Health

“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.”
― Shanti