Maddie

“No one else knew:
I felt my soul split and screamed silently”
― C. L. Adams, Barely Thoughts

“I know from experience, it would only be the worst moments that stuck with her. Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same familiar circles, rather than facing the fear of jumping and possibly not landing on your feet. My mother went through it. I went through it. I'll be damned if I allow my daughter to go through it. I kiss her on the forehead and make her a promise. "It stops her. With me and you. It ends with us.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“But given that the children are products of the same biological stock, a much more plausible explanation for the differences in performance has to do with differences in parents' rearing and expectations of their first child compared with their younger children.”
― Robert Livingston, The Conversation: How Talking Honestly About Racism Can Transform Individuals and Organizations

“Sometimes I try to think of a future without him, but it's like trying to imagine a new colour.”
― Annie Lord, Notes on Heartbreak