Jelena

“Not that I’ve been raped. Not raped raped. Strane hurt me sometimes, but never like that. Though I could claim he raped me and I’m sure I’d be believed. I could participate in this movement of women upon women upon women lining the walls with every bad thing that’s ever happened to them, but I’m not going to lie to fit in. I’m not going to call myself a
victim. Women like Taylor find comfort in that label and that’s great for them, but I’m the one he called when he was on the brink. He said it himself—with me, it was different. He loved me, he loved me.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

“The people we love and those who raised us live inside us; we experience their emotional pain, we dream their memories, we know what was not explicitly conveyed to us, and these things shape our lives in ways that we don’t always understand.”
― Galit Atlas, Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma

“- Не, Ванилия, моля те, не ми взимай спомена за теб! – изплака той.
- Но нали това искаше? Нали каза, че ако изведнъж изчезна, би предпочел никога да не си ме познавал, защото ще ти е много мъчно. – припомни му Ванилия.
-Да, но там където си държа мъчното е и радостното.”
― Катя Антонова, Четиринайсет Ванилии и половина

“- Знаеш ли, Филип, мислех си, че хората си стават приятели, защото не искат да са сами. Но всъщност си заслужава да останеш сам заради някой приятел.
- Да! И си заслужава да си тръгнеш по-рано от някой рожден ден. – усмихна се Филип.”
― Катя Антонова, Четиринайсет Ванилии и половина