Jodi Davidson

“Isn’t it ironic? We go to therapy to deal with the actions of people who should have gone to therapy.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Not in the Cards

“I knew what love was, what it looked like—but it was never in my sphere, never really in my home, not in the years I could remember, anyway.”
― Karissa Kinword, Christmas in Coconut Creek

“So much of how we innately react, our defense mechanisms, and our communication comes from what was shown to us in the early years of our lives. When all you’re ever taught is that your needs matter less than an idea, you grow up believing you don’t deserve to take up space. You make yourself small so you don’t inconvenience others.”
― Maggie C. Gates, Pretty Things on Shelves

“Because what I’m coming to realize is that, with the exception of her brother, every other man in her life has let her down, made her feel like she wasn’t worth staying for.”
― Julia Connors, Center Ice