Malissa Owen

“He would have had his hand chopped off before he would have allowed himself by a word, by a hint, to humiliate her, or even to fall short of the fullest respect a woman could look for.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“She said that if we notice our breath we are in the present because we can't breathe in the future or the past.”
― Bessel van der Kolk M.D., Body Keeps The Score

“Women are the chief stumbling-block in a man's career. It's hard to love a woman and do anything. There's only way of having love conveniently without its being a hindrance - that's marriage.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“He screamed Connell’s name, and began to kiss his head with wild exuberant kisses. It was only one-all, and there were still twenty minutes left on the clock. But that was their world then. Their feelings were suppressed so carefully in everyday life, forced into smaller and smaller spaces, until seemingly minor events took on insane and frightening significance. It was permissible to touch each other and cry during football matches.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People