Christine

“For a long time, I wanted people to change--to be less cruel, to be decent, to be fair, to tell the truth. That would be lovely. But I'm not waiting around for that. I'm deciding who gets to enter my spaces, my heart, my mind, my living room, because I'm responsible for those places, no one else. I'm responsible to protect my mind, my heart, my family.”
― Shauna Niequist, I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

“When I desire you
a part of me
is gone.”
― Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet

“Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.”
― Thaddeus Golas

“Instead of asking, “What do I have to give up?” they ask, “What do I want to go big on?” The cumulative impact of this small change in thinking can be profound.”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less