Jessica

“Happily Single" is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

“Women matter. Women are half of us. When you raise every woman to believe that we are insignificant, that we are broken, that we are sick, that the only cure is starvation and restraint and smallness; when you pit women against one another, keep us shackled by shame and hunger, obsessing over our flaws rather than our power and potential; when you leverage all of that to sap our money and our time—that moves the rudder of the world. It steers humanity toward conservatism and walls and the narrow interests of men, and it keeps us adrift in waters where women’s safety and humanity are secondary to men’s pleasure and convenience.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“Do you think you deserve forgiveness?” His father arched his brows. “No one does, son. Forgiveness is a necessary evil so we do not poison ourselves with our own bitterness. When you do forgive me, it will be for your own sake, and I will be a happy casualty.”
― Elizabeth Bright, Lady Gone Wicked

“She was fragile and even a little broken, but she would not always be this way. She would once more find her way, and one day, she would find some pleasure in living. But not today, and perhaps not tomorrow either.”
― Rachael Miles, Tempting the Earl