Phillippa Silverlock

“If you take one lesson and one lesson only from this book, I want it to be this: God doesn’t function in a currency of shame. Shame isn’t from God, it isn’t of God, and it isn’t something Christians should engage in. Shame is not nor will it ever be a useful response to a person’s experience of the world, especially when it comes to sexual experiences.”
― Dianna Anderson, Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity

“Realize that people are idiots. The sooner you accept this fact the better. Most people are going to doubt you. Even the people closest to you will doubt you. There's a misconception that if you personally know the writer that means they're not a good writer; If they haven't sold a million copies, that means they're not a good writer. Many of the authors I love most died destitute with little notoriety, Anne Frank and Edgar Alan Poe, just to name a couple. Jane Austin's books received little attention while she was alive. Now you can't turn on a tv without seeing some variation of her work. Sometimes an artist is ahead of their time, but no less an artist.”
― Catalina DuBois

“Shame based on sexual status, whether it is because of lots of sexual activity or none at all, is wrong. All”
― Dianna Anderson, Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity

“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games