Tori Otero

“You do not need to pay attention to those voices within you that create pain, or make you feel less competent, smart or able.”
― Sanaya Roman, Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation

“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
― Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

“The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go.”
― Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss