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“In France in the 1860s, the proximity of the female heart to the female bosom made a physician named René Laennec so uncomfortable that he invented an early prototype for the stethoscope, just so he could avoid putting his ear to his female patients’ chests.”
― Elizabeth Comen, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today

“When it came to being
she said be tender and tough at once
you need to be vulnerable to live fully
but rough enough to survive it all”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“Take it from me; it’s better to be a little picky and hold out for real friends, ’cause the fake friends can crush you.”
― Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)”
― Sylvia Plath