Camille

“I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story. I will. I'll speak and share and fuck and love, and I will never apologise for it. I am amazing for you, not because of you. I am not who I sleep with. I am not my weight. I am not my mother. I am myself. And I am all of you.”
― Amy Schumer, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

“Being an introvert doesn’t mean you’re shy. It means you enjoy being alone. Not just enjoy it—you need it. If you’re a true introvert, other people are basically energy vampires. You don’t hate them; you just have to be strategic about when you expose yourself to them—like the sun. They give you life, sure, but they can also burn you and”
― Amy Schumer, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

“You become a woman the first time you stand up for yourself when they get your order wrong at a diner, or when you first realize your parents are full of shit. You become a woman the first time you get fitted for a bra and realize you’ve been wearing a very wrong size your whole fucking life. You become a woman the first time you fart in front of a boyfriend. The first time your heart breaks. The first time you break someone else’s heart. The first time someone you love dies. The”
― Amy Schumer, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

“Um, what's the usual?"
"Haven't the foggiest. Can never remember, but don't have the heart to tell the staff."
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Taking a sip, Alex made a face and then set the drink down on a coffee table. "Ah yes. It's this stuff. Dreadful."
I really wanted to ask Alex how he had wound up with his "usual" being a drink he didn't actually like, but I was terrified that he might answer me.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material