sarah

“Relationships are tenuous, like a fragile seedling. You could ruin its chances at growing and thriving by carelessly trampling it or shrouding it in a canopy of darkness. And also like a seedling, if you give it light and love and time for the roots to grow deeply, it’ll flourish into a majestic redwood.”
― Brownell Landrum, Repercussions: DUET stories Volume IV - Adult Version

“Sometimes giving someone space is the most selfless thing you can do.”
― Brownell Landrum, Repercussions: DUET stories Volume IV - Adult Version

“Sometimes you’re left with only 1 choice: Take what’s yours and run for you life.”
― Jennifer Elisabeth

“Playing the victim role: Manipulator portrays him- or herself as a victim of circumstance or of someone else's behavior in order to gain pity, sympathy or evoke compassion and thereby get something from another. Caring and conscientious people cannot stand to see anyone suffering and the manipulator often finds it easy to play on sympathy to get cooperation.”
― George K. Simon Jr., In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing With Manipulative People