Nicole

“How easy it was to pretend. The slivers we show, the mountains we hide.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“In each line, I found common, common, a part of, everybody, everybody. This pattern was not an accident. He was leading Brock back into the herd, where he could blend into the comfort of community. Compare this to when he had questioned me: You did a lot of partying. You’ve had blackouts before. It was you and you, the lens fixed so close I was stripped of surrounding. For Brock, his goal was to integrate, for me it was to isolate.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“I felt a little lighter. I’d stated my truth unapologetically, and for a moment I’d held the power, made the men fidget, cast their eyes down.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir

“The judge had given Brock something that would never be extended to me: empathy. My pain was never more valuable than his potential.”
― Chanel Miller, Know My Name: A Memoir