Brigitta

“If you can’t say no in relationships, then you can’t be intimate,” Dr. Rosen said. “Say that again.” I held still so that each word would seep inside me, past my skin and muscle, and settle in my bones. “If you can’t say no, there can be no intimacy.” People said no to me all the time, and I still loved them.”
― Christie Tate, Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

“How many times in her life has she said yes to a boy or a man just because it was the easiest thing to do? How many times has she let a man take what he wanted, instead of taking something for herself?”
― Liz Moore, The God of the Woods

“Even when she wants something, her first instinct is to say that she doesn't.”
― Oisín McKenna, Evenings and Weekends

“Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull to generate energy in the first place. This is the natural order: that everything, in contrast, hangs in perfect balance.”
― RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir―The Transformational Power of Facing Yourself Fearlessly