Khadija ✿

“I think love is in the little things. Like… I don’t know. Like making sure the other person gets home safe. Like tying someone’s shoelaces when they’re too tired to do it themselves. Or knowing which songs to skip when you’re in a bad mood. Or always letting them have the last bite, even if you really want it. Love is pulling the blankets over someone in the middle of the night. Looking at them during the best part of a movie, just to see if they’re smiling. Memorizing their order at every fast-food place. Saying ‘text me when you get home,’ and actually staying up until they do. Sitting on the bathroom floor with them when they’re sick, even if they tell you to leave.”
― Laura J. Robert, Beverly

“Forgive before they do, and nothing can get to you.”
― Matthew Edward Hall

“There is one indisputable way to identify a cult, one characteristic they all share. If is not a belief in alien spacecraft or a plentiful supply of Flavor Aid. It is the notion that anyone who does not agree with the group's beliefs or choices, who expresses concerns, who simply dare to ask questions, is deemed "unsafe". Every good thing about that person must be subsumed by the fact that they disagree with me, so I can boil down their character into something vilifiable. For mind control to work, there has to be heroes and villains. It has to be us versus them. In a cult, it isn't good enough for you to say, "I love you, but I disagree with you." You must affirm my choices and beliefs. Only then can you be considered "safe". In a cult, safety means agreement.

The irony of course, is that while you are not allowed to have your own opinions about my beliefs, I am allowed to have an opinion about yours.”
― Bethany Joy Lenz, Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show

“How many conversations with HR does it take to change a bad light bulb? Actually, they decided it was best to just move the light bulb to a different department.”
― Allison Kelley, Jokes to Offend Men