Ruby Thornburg

“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“When I listened to her, I understood: You have to hold out to see how your life unfolds, because it is most likely beyond what you can imagine. It is not a question of if you will survive this, but what beautiful things await you when you do. I had to believe her, because she was living proof. Then she said, Good and bad things come from the universe holding hands. Wait for the good to come.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name

“But maybe you should question the people who taught you this version of God. Because it's not doing you any favors.”
― Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

“There’s an old saying: mothers raise their daughters and love their sons.”
― Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies