“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a different past. They tell you successful therapy is when you have the big discovery that your parents did the best they could with what they were given.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
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