Denise

“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
― Marguerite Duras

“Everyone knows how people who laugh easily create us by their laughter,--making us think of funnier and funnier things.”
― Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor

“So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis”
― Ellen Bass, The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse