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“Il sut, tout doucement, apprivoiser le petit être terrorisé qu'elle était en présence d'un homme qui la désirait. Avec beaucoup de patience et de douceur, il parvint à la mettre en confiance, à lui faire accepter son corps, ses caresses. Il lui fit comprendre que ses expériences passées n'étaient plus que de mauvais souvenirs, et que l'amour existait vraiment.”
― Fatou Keïta, Rebelle

“Pain will subside only when we acknowledge it and care for it. Addressing it with love and compassion would take only a minuscule percentage of the energy it takes to fight it, but approaching pain head-on is terrifying. Most of us were not taught to recognize pain, name it, and be with it. Our families and culture believed that the vulnerability that it takes to acknowledge pain was weakness, so we were taught anger, rage, and denial instead. But what we know now is that when we deny our emotion, we can rebuild and find our way through the pain.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness

“People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

“Come, see real flowers of this painful world.

-Bashō”
― Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace