Morgan

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“You are your stories. You are the product of all the stories you have heard and lived—and of many that you have never heard. They have shaped how you see yourself, the world, and your place in it.”
― Daniel Taylor, Tell Me a Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories

“How privileged you are, to be still passionately clinging to what you love; the forfeit of hope has not destroyed you.

Maestoso, doloroso:

This is the light of autumn; it has turned on us. Surely it is a privilege to approach the end still believing in something.”
― Louise Glück, Averno

“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.”
― Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence