Tebria

“The scars lined them the same way barked lined trees. But those weren't the worst ones. The ones you couldn't see, those were the ones that streaked the mind, squeezed the spirit, and left you standing outside in the rain naked as birth, demanding that the drops stop touching you.”
― Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets

“That was the secret to being nice. You made everything about everyone else. and shoved yourself down, deeper and deeper.”
― Liselle Sambury, Tender Beasts

“But it was important to manage their expectations... Give them your peak and then the moment you don't perform at that level, the fools want to split your back open and deny healing.”
― Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets

“I was struggling with how I would make up for lost time, but now I know the time was not lost at all. It is just passed.”
― Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand