Noelle

“How can knowing something be sinful?”
― Philip Pullman, La Belle Sauvage

“It’s unfortunate that inflated self-worth is being mistaken for confidence when it’s really an indication of the opposite. True confidence is reflected through humility, vulnerability and kindness. It’s quiet. It’s subtle. It does not overwhelm. It does not shrink others down to elevate oneself and it doesn’t not knock others down to give the illusion of being above.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“When you have been a possession,
then you really understand what freedom means
in all its magnificent terror.”
― Terry Pratchett, Making Money

“You see,” she said, “maybe you are stronger than me. But it doesn’t matter, and I’ll tell you why: because I’ve always been smarter than you.”
― Craig Schaefer, Redemption Song