Emily

“I am done living in a world where women are lied to about their bodies; where women are objects of sexual desire but not subjects of sexual pleasure; where sex is used as a weapon against women; and where women believe their bodies are broken, simply because those bodies are not male. And I am done living in a world where women are trained from birth to treat their bodies as the enemy.”
― Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

“Your opening needs to be a kind of pleasant shock therapy. It should grab people. And in grabbing them, it should both awe the guests and honor them. It must plant in them the paradoxical feeling of being totally welcomed and deeply grateful to be there.”
― Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

“My three prayers are variations on Help, Thanks, Wow. That's all I'll ever need, besides the silence, the pain, and the pause sufficient for me to stop, close my eyes, and turn inward.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“What you pay attention to matters less than how you pay attention.”
― Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life