Kara Beth

“(I am never sure what to think of Americans. Their brashness can be charming, but just when I decide that I rather like them, I meet one that I wish would go back to America, and then perhaps keep going off the far edge, into the sea.)”
― T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead

“Remember this: THE TRUTH WILL STILL BE THE TRUTH NO MATTER WHAT OTHERS MAY CLAIM; SPEAK YOUR TRUTH LOUDLY! YOU DESERVE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM ABUSE. YOU DESERVE THE RIGHT TO AN EDUCATION. YOU DESERVE SO INCREDIBLY MUCH! YOU ARE AMAZING! YOU DESERVE TO BE FREE!”
― Hannah Prosser, Beat: My Journey Through Abuse and the Holdeman Mennonites

“Kaid”
― Nicole Scarano, The Scattered Bones

“You think it's selfish to care about yourself, and you feel bad when you say no, and you get angry when other people don't recognize how much you've helped them (even if they didn't ask you to). A strong desire to avoid conflicts, even if doing so requires you to sacrifice something significant. Give up control, accept that other people have better ideas about how you should live your life, or allow yourself to become a prisoner of the standards set by others. Be preoccupied with your problems and problems only. Accepting other people's expectations as your own and making sacrifices as a result Doing something for oneself can make a codependent feel guilty, as if they have broken some sort of unspoken rule.”
― Yevhenii Lozovyi, Codependency Recovery Workbook: The Complete Guide to Codependency Recovery, Understanding Boundaries, and Recovery from Codependent Relationships