Maureen

“Comparing ourselves to people on social media is as risky as using WebMD to diagnose yourself. You’ll end up way more stressed than before - just don’t even go there.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

“Because when you have this much personality, there’s a fear lurking just below the surface: If you knew all of me, you wouldn’t love me anymore.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

“It wasn’t until I had lost everything I thought I wanted that I realized being an adult wasn’t about being ‘normal,’ or having a life that seems enviable to people from the outside. Being a fulfilled and successful adult has required accepting that I do have an inner child who was hurt and traumatized. It’s my job as an adult to nurture him, alongside all the other parts of me that make me who I am.”
― Jonathan Van Ness, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night