Meagan McDaniel

“Despite what we’re taught, real fulfilment only really comes from making a life that is meaningful – from building precious relationships and forming connections to pursuing passions, discovering your purpose, building a sense of self and living with compassion. Having a thinner waist is not going to be your legacy, I promise.”
― Alex Light, You Are Not a Before Picture

“Keeping women busy with body concerns is one way of making sure they stay quiet and obedient – of keeping them shrinking, literally and metaphorically.”
― Alex Light, You Are Not a Before Picture

“leaving is hard & leaving for the next place is not a task to rush. It’s a lazy Sunday in a hammock kind of undertaking. It’s a major surgery of the spirit.”
― Amber McBride, The Leaving Room

“It’s about changing the way I think. Which sounds so simple, but whether I like to admit it or not, anxiety has become my best friend. It’s a crutch that helps me hobble through life. It’s the brassy bitch at school that I don’t like, but being her BFF makes me popular. Or the school bully that I don’t really want to be around, but being his friend means I don’t get beat up. I don’t know how to be safe without it. We’re buddies. It’s like they say: keep your friends close, your enemies closer.”
― Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies