Marja

“It took me a long time, but I prefer “victim” to “survivor” now. I don’t want to diminish the gravity of what happened. I don’t want to pretend I’m on some triumphant, uplifting journey. I don’t want to pretend that everything is okay. I’m living with what happened, moving forward without forgetting, moving forward without pretending I am unscarred. This”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“I long
for you
but you long
for someone else
I deny the one
who wants me
cause I want someone else”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“I reserve my most elaborate delusions and disappointments for myself.”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“Part of the reason relationships and friendships can be so difficult for me is because there is a part of me that thinks I have to get things just right. I have to say the right things and do the right things or I won’t be liked or loved anymore.”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body