Suzan

“Over the years, I learned to smile or laugh when I was supposed to. I kept my true self hidden; I did not need to unleash my pain on the world around me. Instead, I taught myself to ignore it. I did not realize that the pain was eating away at my soul.”
― J.D. Stroube

“I keep everything hidden because there's nothing about my true self that anyone likes. I'm not difficult, Sebastian. I'm the easiest person around. I don't belong, and I spend all my time pretending I do. Sometimes I get weary of it, and that makes me angry.

It's not fair to the people around me when I lose my temper. I say awful things when I'm angry. But it's not fair to me, either, that I was made this way.”
― Courtney Milan, The Countess Conspiracy

“A child's giggle is worth one hundred pounds of gold.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“Accept yourself: flaws, quirks, talents, secret thoughts, all of it, and experience true liberation.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree