Taylor Gray

“Years of my own experiences with men have taught me they struggle to see women as autonomous creatures with complicated, interesting, rich inner lives. Usually, they see us only in relation to themselves.”
― Anna Marie Tendler, Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir

“Tereza would listen and believe that being a mother was the highest value in life and that being a mother was a great sacrifice. If a mother was Sacrifice personified, then a daughter was Guilt, with no possibility of redress.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Petunia was the Jesus Christ of dogs—pure resilience and a little magic.”
― Anna Marie Tendler, Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir

“That’s the curse of being the eldest, especially by eight and ten years: you have to carry the weight of your younger siblings’ problems, as well as your own. They come to you for a reason. You don’t want to shelter them, but you do want to protect them. You want to protect them from the confusion and the pain, so you carry theirs and yours. Only, nobody knows you have your own confusion and pain. Nobody knows you’re hurting at all.”
― Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store