Arifana

“Ricky just listens. He isn't shocked. He isn't surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the guilt and the sorrow and the rage. And he does not judge me. He just listens.”
― Emily Andrews, The Finer Points of Becoming Machine

“Soul, if you want to learn secrets,

your heart must forget about
shame
 and dignity.
You are God's lover,

yet you worry
what people
are saying.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

“There is somebody who loves me," said Despereaux. "And I love her and that is the only thing that matters to me.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

“Don't concern yourself with the opinions of those who judge you. That is placing on them an importance they do not have.”
― Donna Lynn Hope