Mary

“Unkindness is a serial killer.”
― Tarana Burke, Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

“she’d lost her voice somewhere down in her chest, somewhere they couldn’t reach in and grab it.”
― Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter

“Unkindness is a serial killer.
Death in the flesh sometimes seems like a less excruciating way to succumb than the slow and steady venom unleashed by mean-spirited, cruel words and actions that poison you over time. I guess that’s why I can’t stand the old children’s rhyme: sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Every time I hear it, I think to myself: that’s a lie. You can dodge a rock, but you can’t unhear a word. You can’t undo the intentional damage that some words have on your mind, body, and spirit.
Especially a word like ugly.”
― Tarana Burke, Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

“Kids can always tell the difference between adults who want to empower them, and adults who want to overpower them.”
― Ashley C. Ford, Somebody's Daughter