Mackenzie Peterson

“No one is a greater schoolgirl in spirit than a cynic. Cynics cannot relinquish the rubbish they were taught as children: they hold tight to the belief that the world has meaning and, when things go wrong for them, they consequently adopt the inverse attitude. "Life's a whore, I don't believe in anything anymore and I'll wallow in that idea until it makes me sick" is the very credo of the innocent who hasn't been able to get his way.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“Some things are more precious because they don't last long.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.”
― Angelina Jolie

“so often victims end up unnecessarily prolonging their abuse because they buy into the notion that their abuser must be coming from a wounded place and that only patient love and tolerance (and lots of misguided therapy) will help them heal.”
― George K. Simon