Alex

“When you warned me that you would test me from time to time, I thought you meant spiking my food. But it seems there is more than one way to poison a person’s heart, and it doesn’t even require a meal.”
― Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study

“I have so much respect for the emotionally brave. The ones who put in the emotional work and take the real risks of being vulnerable and removing masks. It's easy to make chitchat, but it's hard to speak about what's really under the surface. It's easy to joke, but difficult to cry. It's easy to numb, but hard to feel.
Ironically the real victims of emotional laziness are the people themselves. They end up choosing their emotional comfort zones over happiness. So in the end, they may not be 'uncomfortable' anymore; but they are also miserable.”
― Yasmin Mogahed

“Read. Read until your eyes are sore. Then read some more.”
― Lisa Bloom, Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World

“Don't kiss me if you're afraid of thunder. My life is a storm.”
― Anita Krizzan