That’s the thing about kindness. You never know how big the ripple is. How one little selfless gesture can make all the difference for the person who receives it.


“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence
― Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence

“It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you.”
― Educated
― Educated

“My whole life, all anyone's ever wanted was to possess me," said James. "The only one who ever set me free was you.”
― Dark Rise
― Dark Rise

“We do things that we never thought we were capable of in order to protect what we love.”
― Fifty Words for Rain
― Fifty Words for Rain

“His mother had told his once when he was a child that he blended in with the paint on the wall, only memorable when one was reminded it was there at all.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea

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