Jacqui Adams

“For many, many years to come, I would keep telling myself that the barest minimum of acknowledgment from lovers was enough.”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“If I must share my story , I want to do so on my terms , without the attention that inevitably follows . I do not want pity or appreciation or advice . I am not brave or heroic . I am not strong . I am not special . I am one woman who has experienced something countless women have experienced . I am a victim who survived .”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“love knows not its own depth
until the hour of separation.”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul: Stories About Pets as Teachers, Healers, Heroes and Friends

“You cannot bear witness with a single word.”
― Clemantine Wamariya, The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After