Rose

“There cannot be light without darkness, nor darkness without light. You must have the contrast for both to exist.”
― Rick Riordan; Mark Oshiro, The Sun and the Star

“They discover that they are the only sure source of their own sense of safety and worth. That discovery is liberating. They stop blaming the world for how they feel and become responsible for their own serenity... Think of your pen as the power to define your worth. When you hold your pen, you get to author the terms.”
― Joseph Grenny, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High