Sylvia

“A few years later, she deliberately drove her car into a river—then, in typical fashion, wrote a poem about it: And like the cat I have nine times to die. This is Number Three.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

“Rapes: eighty percent of the women and girls who cross Mexico to get to the U.S. border are raped on the way. The situation is so common that most of them take contraceptive precautions as they begin the journey north.”
― Valeria Luiselli, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions

“Empathy is not connecting to an experience, it’s connecting to the emotions that underpin an experience.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

“If you choose courage, you will absolutely know failure, disappointment, setback, even heartbreak. That’s why we call it courage. That’s why it’s so rare.”
― Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.