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“Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)”
― Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.”
― Albert Camus